Abstract

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ALCOHOL FREE HAND SANITIZER USING ZINC GLUCONATE & HERBAL EXTRACTS

Kumar Vijay*, Bhardwaj Gagan and Yadav Sunil

Abstract

The present study was developed alcohol free hand sanitizer using zinc gluconate. Zinc gluconate was shown the antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Gram-negative, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Numerous of the antiseptic hand wash available in the market are alcohol based sanitizers which have some adverse effects. To avoid these adverse effects like itching, drying, irritation, dermatitis etc., of the synthetic hand wash formulations an attempt has been made to formulate a alcohol free hand sanitizer using zinc gluconate & various propylene glycol (PG) base extract of aloe vera & Neem. The formulation was evaluated for its physical parameters & in-vitro antimicrobial study (Zone of Inhibition).

Keywords: Hand hygiene, antimicrobial activity, Zinc gluconate.