European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL HYDRO GEL FROM TECOMA STANS

Chakraborthy Guno Sindhu, Aditi Singhal* and Roshan Kumar Bindra

ABSTRACT

Novel drug delivery systems generally approach with the formulations, techniques, technologies and related systems for transporting the specific active ingredients to the systemic circulation. In this context a technique was employed for the formulation of herbal gel by using Tecoma-stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae that is native to the Americas. It is also called as Common yellow elder. It mainly contains active constituents like steroids, flavonoids, tannins, reducing sugar, mucilages, riboflavin, niacin and ascorbic acid. It is mainly used as antifertility, abortifacient, antiestrogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, diuretics, vermifuge, tonic and hepatoprotective. Various formulations were prepared with different concentrations of the plant extract and it was evaluated for physical parameters, viscosity, skin irritation and spreadibility. Out of the three formulations the 20% was found to be better in all aspects. Thus it can be used as an alternative for the treatments and drug delivery systems.

Keywords: Plant extract, Formulation, Evaluation.