Comparison of anti-acne property of carbopol gels

Abstract

Skin is the body is the largest organ and is the protective covering of the body. It is responsible for the normal functions like protection of the organs, healthy maintenance of the body and shaping and stretching. The skin is exposed to various types of stress like allergy-causing agents, disease-causing microorganisms etc. Medicinal plants are valuable resources that are known to the man from many generations that promote beauty and health. They are called as cosmeceuticals. These have various chemical constituents that promote beauty by reducing the acnes and killing the bacteria that causes and grow in the acnes. Anti-acne gels were prepared using the ethanol extracts of the plant Tulsi and Need incorporating the tea tree oil as a standard antioxidant. These were prepared, and the pH of the formulations was almost neutral to the skin and are stable in a stress test too. The anti-bacterial property of the gels was investigated in two methods, disc diffusion and turbidity method. The results showed a better activity of the formulations compared with tulsi and the standard antibiotic drug.