A Review on Herbal Soap

Samiksha V. Amrutkar; Ashwini R. Patil; Suraj K. Ishikar

doi:10.52711/2321-5844.2022.00008

Research Journal of Topical and Cosmetic Sciences

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A Review on Herbal Soap

Author(s): Samiksha V. Amrutkar, Ashwini R. Patil, Suraj K. Ishikar

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DOI: 10.52711/2321-5844.2022.00008

Address: Samiksha V. Amrutkar, Ashwini R. Patil, Suraj K. Ishikar
Ahinsa Institute of Pharmacy, Dondaicha.
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Published In: Volume - 13, Issue - 1, Year - 2022

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ABSTRACT:
A herbal soap and hand sanitizer was formulated using the leaf and bark extract of Azadirachta indica, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Sapindus mukorussi and Acacia concinna powder. Ayurvedic cosmetics are also known as the herbal cosmetics the natural content in the herbs does not have any side effect on the human body most herbal supplement are based on several botanical ingredients with long histories of traditional or folk medicine usage. Among the numerous botonical ingredients available in the market today. Numerous chemical toxins microorganism present in the atmosphere may cause chemical infection and damage to skin cosmetics alone are not sufficient to take care of skin and body parts. Neem (Azadirachta indica) tree has attracted worldwide prominance owing to its wide range of medicinal properties, neem leaves and its constituents have been demonstrated to exhibit anti–inflammatory, antihyperglycemic, antiulcer, antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic properties. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of aqueous, ethanolic and ethyl acetate extract from neem leaves. Herbal soapingredients were used reetha, neem, shikekai and tulsi., in which neem leaf and seed were found effective against some dermatophytes. Shikeki and Reetha acts as a detergent andhaving cleaning and foaming activity and Tulsi shows antiviral activity.

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Samiksha V. Amrutkar, Ashwini R. Patil, Suraj K. Ishikar. A Review on Herbal Soap. Research Journal of Topical and Cosmetic Sciences. 2022; 13(1):49-4. doi: 10.52711/2321-5844.2022.00008

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