Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Hand Sanitizer

Ankit Kumar; Rajesh Gupta

doi:10.52711/0975-4385.2024.00029

Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

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Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Hand Sanitizer

Author(s): Ankit Kumar, Rajesh Gupta

Email(s): Ankitwras@gmail.com

DOI: 10.52711/0975-4385.2024.00029

Address: Ankit Kumar, Rajesh Gupta
Sri Sai College of Pharmacy, Badhani Pathankot.
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Published In: Volume - 16, Issue - 3, Year - 2024

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ABSTRACT:
Hands are the to begin with mode of transmission of organisms and diseases. Hand cleanliness is a key guideline and work out in the anticipation, control and lessening of contaminations. Due to COVID widespread the require of hand sanitizer has expanded which causes less dryness to hand. Considering the require, we arranged a polyherbal sanitizer utilizing seven plant extricates with other fixings counting isopropyl liquor, camphor, hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and water. The fixings were chosen on the premise of their antimicrobial property. The fixings and sanitizer were assessed for antimicrobial property and appeared strong action against gram positive microbes S. aureus, though blend of extricates appeared strong action against all the bacterial strains utilized but B. cereus. The sanitizer moreover appeared strong action against all the strains utilized in the climbing arrange of Klebsiella spp. > B. cereus > S. aureus > S. pyogenes > P. aeruginosa > Dermatophyte > E. coli and gave zone of hindrance of 18±0.05, 12±0.03, 11±0.01, 10±0.01, 9±0.5, 9±0.01 and 7±0.001 mm separately. The antimicrobial action was compared with other commercial hand sanitizer and greatest movement was appeared against Klebsiella spp. and least against E. coli and P. aeruginosa by all the sanitizer utilized. The adequacy of hand sanitizer was checked on hands of 38 volunteers of research facility specialists, patients and their relatives with composed and verbal assent. The sanitizer decreased or disposed of the development of pathogens confined from hands. Time interim impact was moreover checked at a time crevice of two hours too appeared the impact of hand sanitizer for longer time with diminishment in bacterial development. The sanitizer pH was soluble with great rack, surface and odor. No turbidity was seen when kept at higher temperature for 3 months and appeared no skin dryness with relieving impact after utilizing sanitizer on diverse volunteers.

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Ankit Kumar, Rajesh Gupta. Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Hand Sanitizer. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 2024; 16(3):154-8. doi: 10.52711/0975-4385.2024.00029

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