P Pranaya, Tadikonda Rama Rao, Guthpala Mahesh, Rekulapally Nikhitha Reddy and Cheerla Sai Babu

Creams are considered an important part of cosmetic product as topical preparations from time immemorial due to their ease of application to the skin and also their removal. From cosmetic purposes, pharmaceutical creams have a variety of applications such as cleansing, beautifying, altering appearance, moisturizing etc. to skin protection against bacterial, fungal infections as well as healing cuts, burns, wounds on the skin. Semi solid dosage forms that are usually applied topically on skin are called creams. This study mainly focuses on the preparation and evaluation of herbal creams along with some of the common herbs utilized in these types of formulations. The herbal cream is basically water in oil type of emulsion. The natural ingredients chosen for preparation of herbal cream are Turmeric, Papaya, Aloe vera, Tulasi, Amla, Cucumber, Neem. The choice of these ingredients is based on their individual properties. These formulations can be evaluated by various parameters like pH, viscosity, irritancy, spreadability, microbial growth, thermal stability, homogeneity, acid value, saponification value, accelerated stability studies, patch test, smear test, after feel, washability, physical properties, dye test, after feel, in vitro diffusion study, etc. The focus of the present review is some describe and details about herbal cream and common herbal plant which is uses for herbal cream formulation development and its applications.

DOI: 10.22271/phyto.2025.v14.i3b.15353

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