Formulation, Development and Characterization of Herbal Soap Using Borassus flabellifer and Curcuma zedoaria
Bacterial infections are most common in humans. The herbs are known to possess various potentials like anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties which are explored for ages and incorporated into various forms, for human use. One such usage is formulation of herbal soap that is used not only for treating microbial infections, but also for using it on daily basis. The aim and objective of the present study is to investigate the presence of phytochemicals in the extract and to formulate an herbal soap using the extract of seed coat of B.flabellifer and rhizome of C.zedoaria and explore its properties. Both the aqueous extracts were equally mixed with soap base and the formulated soap was further subjected to physicochemical characterizations such as color, odor, texture, total fatty matter, foam test, moisture content, total alkali content and pH. The antioxidant activity assay was done for the herbal soap and its IC50 value was low, but plant possess antioxidant activity. The antibacterial activity of the formulated soap was checked in agar well diffusion method and it shows active against the S. aureus and E.coli. The results shows that the soap possess good antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial and antifungal compound were present in the herbal extract confirmed by GC MS analysis