Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL HANDWASH WITH ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES

Dhruvil Ketan Rana*, Harshida Patel, Saloni Parmar, Anuja Panse and Abhishek Yadav

ABSTRACT

Prepared and optimized a herbal handwash using methanolic extracts of Azadirachta indica, Cymbopogon citratus, and Cynodon dactylon leaves. To assess the medicinal properties and antibacterial activity of herbal hand wash on skin. Neem, lemon grass, and Bermuda grass were used to create a herbal handwash. Alovera gel was created by combining alovera pulp and xanthan gum. In alovera gel, neem extract was added first, followed by lemongrass extract, Bermuda grass extract, and aritha extract, and the four formulations were made using the maceration process. Formulation 4 was chosen over other formulations because it met all of the criteria, including antibacterial activity, washability, and foaming. As a result, the optimized formulation was tested based on color, odour, greasiness, consistency, foaming index, washability, PH, and dirt dispersion, which were found to be green, pleasant, no, liquid, 2cm, good, 8.2, and good, respectively.

Keywords: Azdirachtaindica, Cynodon dactylon, Cymbopogon, Aloe-vera, Reetha, vitamin E oil.