DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HERBAL OINTMENT BY USING PSORALIA CORYLIFOLIA AND ALOEVERA FOR THE TREATMENT OF VITILIGO Authors: Vaja PN , BORKHATARIA CH, POPANIYA HS AND TANK CJ
ABSTRACT
Even in areas where modern medicine is available, the interest on herbal medicines and their
utilization have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Plant derived substances and herbal
medicines have recently attracted the great interest towards their versatile application, as
medicinal plants are the richest source of bioactive compounds used in traditional and modern
medicine. The present work is to development and characterization the herbal ointment of
Psoralia Corylifolia (Bakuchi Oil) and Aloevera gel. The ointment base was prepared by using
ratio of Beeswax and Psoralia Corylifolia in optimum amount to cure vitiligo (Leucoderma).
After completion of formulation it was evaluated for its physicochemical parameters like
organoleptic characteristics, pH, spreadability, acute skin irritation study. Also the formulation
was evaluated for its stability which shows no change in the organoleptic properties, pH,
irritancy, spreadability and diffusion study. Thus it could become a media to use the medicinal properties of Psoralia Corylifolia and Aloevera gel effectively and easily as a simple dosage
form.
Keywords: Vitiligo, Psoralia Corylifolia, Aloevera, Ointment, Herbal Formulation, Spreadability Publication date: 01/06/2023 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2023/June/MS_IJBPAS_2023_7190.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.6.7190