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The aim of present study was to formulation and development of face cream comprising extracts of natural products such as Mangifera indica, Azadirachta indica, Coriandrum sativum, Psoralea corylifolia, Mentha arvensis and Daucus carota and almond oil. Different types of formulations oil in water (O/W) base namely F1 to F6 were formulated by incorporating different concentrations Stearic acid and Cetyl alcohol. The evaluation of all prepared base (F1 to F6) were done on different parameters like pH, viscosity, spreadibilty, and stability were examined. The base F3 was found appropriate for the preparation of cream. The extracts were incorporated in base F3 for the preparation of herbal face cream. The herbal face cream showed good spreadibilty, good consistency, homogeneity, appearance, pH, ease of removal and no evidence of phase separation. These herbal face creams were safe to use for skin.
KEYWORDS: Daucus carota, Azadirachta indica, Psoralea corylifolia, almond oil, herbal cream.
INTRODUCTION:
Today a new hot topic in the cosmetic industry is 'cosmeceuticals', which is the fastest growing segment of the natural personal care industry. The use of plant extracts in cosmetic formulation is increasing, mostly because of the poor image that animal-derived extracts have acquired during the past few years. This is due, in part, to news reports regarding bovine spongiform encephalitis. Some animal derived products need to be replaced, but synthetic chemicals cannot always do this well. Natural molecules derived from plant extracts offer a particularly exciting avenue for further research. Plant extracts, however, are often ill-defined as to the method of extraction, plant-to-solvent ratio and the content of active ingredients. Moreover, the stability of the colour, odour, transparency and/or active ingredients with time is also often a limiting factor. Plant extracts are different in several respects from purified therapeutic agents. Firstly, they are more dilute than the pure chemicals that are familiar to us; secondly herbs often contain additional active principles that may be closely related both chemically and therapeutically to the constituent primarily responsible for its effects1-3.
The plant used in formulation was selected on the basis of scientifically reported property. The best cosmetic product must contain following properties antioxidant property, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, whitening agent, moisturizing properties etc. As per this concern we select following plants Mangifera indica, Azadirachta indica,...