"FORMULATION AND COMPARATIVE STANDARDIZATION OF AYURVEDIC SKIN CREAM"

The purpose of the present research work was to formulate and evaluated the Ayurvedic skin cream of crude drug comprising extracts of curcuma longa (Turmeric). One marketed formulation and one In house formulation were subjected to comparative standardization. There is a growing demand for herbal cosmetics in the world market and they are invaluable gifts of nature. Therefore, we tried to make an Ayurvedic skin cream containing the extract of curcuma longa in along with sandalwood oil. The extract of curcuma longa has antiseptic activity, anti-inflammatory activity, and also increases whitening of skin. The sandalwood oil increases the glow on skin and has emollient properties. Hence all these properties are beneficial to normal human keratinocytes and it is safe and stable too. Ayurvedic creams offer several advantages over other creams because of its side effects such as allergic reaction. Ayurvedic skin creams do not have any of these side effects, without any harm or unwanted effects it gives the fairness look to skin. The prepared Ayurvedic skin cream was evaluated with different parameters like appearance, Spreadability; pH, viscosity, rheological study and stability along with irritancy test. Stability parameters of the formulations showed that there was no significant variation between marketed and in house formulation during the study period. The cream was found to be more stable during stability study; thus the present study suggested that it is possible develop Ayurvedic skin cream containing herbal extract and can be used as antiseptic and for beautifying purpose