Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON ROLE OF COSMACEUTICALS USED IN DENTRIFRICES

Dr. Mohd Wasiullah, Piyush Yadav*, Shivani Vishwakarma and Pooja Yadav

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Abstract

Oral hygiene is one of the major necessities for human beings. The dayto-day life of human beings starts with oral cleaning. So, in this process, toothpaste plays an important role. Various natural herbs can be incorporated to overcome some disadvantages of synthetic cleansing agents. Aim: The present work was focused on carrying out the preparation of toothpaste and its evaluation which contained multiple herbs. Method: The laboratory scale multi herbal toothpaste formulations were prepared by trituration method whereas initially herbal extracts of neem, clove, betel leaf, peppermint, and turmeric were prepared and suitable excipients were triturated along with herbs to get the consistent mass of multi herbal toothpaste. Results: The developed toothpaste formulations were shown good consistency and almost acceptable in vitro evaluation results compared to marketed formulations. The pH of the formulations was around 6.8 and the viscosity of formulation F3 was found around 5645 cps which is a more viscous formulation that showed good extrudability of around the range of 86.2 to 90.4%. The foamability of all the formulations was found good. The spreadability of F2 was found to be maximum at 57.01 g.cm/s. Along with these F1, F2, and F3 formulations showed good abrasiveness and homogeneity properties. Conclusion: Considering all the in vitro evaluation results the laboratory-made multi herbal toothpaste formulations showed good and almost equivalent results compared to that of marketed toothpaste formulations. So, the incorporation of herbs into toothpaste formulations is one of the major advantages while maintaining oral hygiene.

Keywords: Herbal toothpaste, Preparation, Evaluation.