Title

Formulation Development and Evaluation of Poly Herbal Hair Oil for Hair Growth Stimulating Activity.

Authors

Chhajed, Mahavir; Paliwal, Pritesh; Dwivedi, Sumeet

Abstract

Herbal formulations always have attracted considerable attention because of its lesser and nil side effect compared with synthetic drugs. The concept of beauty and cosmetics are an ancient as mankind and civilization. Various herbal beauty products are widely used and continuously increasing in their demand by the common people because of lesser side effects and with better safety and security profile The objective of the present study is to prepare poly herbal hair oil using Emblicaofficinalis (Amla), Eclipta prostrate (Bhringraj), Azadiractaindica (Neem), Tinosporacardifolia (Giloy), Bacopamonnieri (Bramhi), Mesuaferra (Nagkesar), Cyperus rotendus (Nagarmutha), Nardocstachys jatamansi (Jatamansi), Psoralia caryfolia (Bakuchi), Acorous calamus (Vacha) and Abrus precatorious (Gunja). The six different oil formulations were prepared using different oil base either single or in combinations with different concentrations. For the purpose the powdered drugs soften by cold maceration process for overnight and further the extraction was done in oil base by boiling method. The formulated herbal oils of different concentrations were evaluated for proximate analysis and various parameters such as Viscosity, Saponification value, pH, Acid value, Grittiness, Skin irritation, Sensitivity test, Moisture content, and Specific gravity are reported in this paper. Further the prepared oils will be evaluated for their hair growth stimulating activity.

Subjects

ESSENTIAL oils; HAIR growth; BASE oils; SPECIFIC gravity; SYNTHETIC drugs; ANCIENT civilization; VEGETABLE oils

Publication

International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 6, p6675

ISSN

0976-7126

Publication type

Academic Journal