Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL SHAMPOO AND TO COMPARE FORMULATED SHAMPOO WITH MARKETED SHAMPOO

Somesh Laxman Kantule, Sakshi Omprakash Jaju*, Aditya Ajit Burse, Abhay Omprakash Pardeshi and Chaitanya Parmeshwar Shinde

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Abstract

To formulate an herbal shampoo powder containing natural ingredients with an emphasis on safety and efficacy, which will avoid the risk posed by chemical ingredients. It clears sebum, dirt, dandruff, promotes hair growth, strengthens, and darkens the hair. Moreover, it also acts as a conditioning agent and performs all these actions without affecting or damaging hair. The herbs amla, bhringaraj, hibiscus, shikakai, Fennugreek Seed, Reetha , Brahmi and Lemon Extract have been selected to formulate the herbal shampoo powder on the basis of the traditional system and scientific justification with modern uses. The physicochemical characteristics of both produced and commercially available shampoos were compared and evaluated by several experiments.

Keywords: Herbal Shampoo, Fenugreek Seed, Hibiscus, Brahmi.