چکیده (انگلیسی):

The study aimed to formulate a pure herbal shampoo and to evaluate and compare its
physicochemical properties with the marketed synthetic and herbal shampoos. The herbal
shampoo was formulated by adding the extracts of Acacia concinna, Sapindus mukorossi,
Phyllanthus emblica, Ziziphus spina-christi and Citrus aurantifolia in different proportions to a
10% aqueous gelatin solution. Small amount of methyl paraben was added as a preservative
and pH was adjusted with citric acid. Several tests such as visual inspection, pH,
wetting time, % of solid contents, foam volume and stability, surface tension, detergency,
dirt dispersion etc, were performed to determine the physicochemical properties of both
prepared and marketed shampoos. The formulated herbal shampoo was also evaluated for
conditioning performance by administering a blind test to 20 student volunteers. The
formulated herbal shampoo was clear and appealing. It showed good cleansing and
detergency, low surface tension, small bubble size and good foam stability after 5 min. The
prepared shampoo and commercial shampoos showed comparable results for % solid
contents also. The score of the conditioning performance of the tress washed with herbal
shampoo was found to be 3.0 out of 4, while the score of the marketed synthetic and herbal
shampoo was 3.4 and 3.3 respectively. The results indicated the formulated shampoo is
having excellent conditioning performance, at par with commercially available shampoo.
However, further research and development is required to improve it's quality and safety.