Abstract

A REVIEW ON FORMULATION AND EVALUTION OF HERBAL SOAP

Kate Komal R.*, Jiwade Rahul, Bhagat Ritesh and Tejas Tijore

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Abstract

Most of the commercial soaps and detergents contain chemicals that can be harmful to the skin. Using a natural herbal soap and detergents can be a good alternative. They provide relaxation, healing from stress. The chemical based soaps contain harsh chemicals which can cause damage to the skin, so development of a herbal soap containing plant extracts is need of the hour. Some plants are known to have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-scar, anti-spot, anti-acne and anti-wrinkle effect and these properties make them fit for use in any herbal soap. In the present study five different soap compositions were formulated according to different skin types, by using neem, tulsi, green moong dal, coffee, green tea, sugar, coca powder etc. as chief ingredients. The prepared soap formulations were tested for different evaluation parameters like color, odour, texture, pH, moisture content, foam forming and form retain capacity, antimicrobial activity, skin irritability etc. The obtained results were compared to the standard where the soap showed optimum results and was found to be fit for consumption.

Keywords: Herbal, Soap, Physiochemical, Anti-infective, Nourishing.