European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF ANTI-ACNE HERBAL GEL

Kajal L. Jain*, Pratim Kumar Choudhury, Maya Sharma, Suresh Dev

ABSTRACT

Usage of herbal medicine has increased many folds on account of side effects observed with conventional drugs. Acne is a skin condition which arises due to over production of oil in sebaceous glands. It is rarely considered as disease and is neglected many a times. A non oily gel formulation for topical application suitable for treating this condition has been prepared using carbopol 940. The prepared gels were evaluated for various physical parameters like pH, colour, odour, grittiness, viscosity, homogeneity, spreadability, skin irritancy etc. The plants chosen for preparing gels were Butea monosperma flowers, Nigella sativa seeds and Vitex agnus castus leaves. The gels were subjected to microbial study against P.acne. The result showed that zone of inhibition of prepared gels was equivalent to the standard ciprofloxacin and thus can be a better alternative to allopathic treatment.

Keywords: Herbal, acne, gel, P.acne, Butea monosperma, Nigella sativa, Vitex agnus castus.