FORMULATION AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF NEW POLYHERBAL TOOTHPASTE

Toothpaste is an agent used as an effective home care system. It is a  paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush as an accessory to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth by the patients to enhance oral hygiene. What many people don’t know is that most brand-name toothpaste contains a number of ingredients that are not healthy.  Herbal toothpaste  does not contain the artificial colors, flavours or fluoride that many of the artificial products do contain.  For the present study the extracts of apple peel, lemon peel, orange peel, banana peel, clove oil were used to formulate a polyherbal toothpaste and studied by phytochemical tests and  spectral analysis using UV/VIS, IR  spectroscopy. These studies have revealed the presence of vital constituents which shall be responsible for  anti-microbial activity and useful in tooth decay problems. Keywords : Toothpaste, polyherbal toothpaste, antimicrobial activit

Antimicrobial activity of memecylon malabaricum leaves

The petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of Memecylon malabaricum leaves were tested for antimicrobial activity. Only methanol extract has shown activity against bacteria both Gram (+) and Gram (-), and fungi. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Phytochemical investigation and diuretic activity of Cyclea peltata leaf extracts

Ayurvedic system of medicine is well known for treating renal problems. A vast number of medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurvedic system of medicine are known to possess diuretic properties. Present study reports the preliminary phytochemical investigation of petroleum ether and ethanolic extracts of Cyclea peltata and their diuretic activity. Preliminary phytochemical screening reveals the presence of phytosterols and alkaloids as major phytoconstituents in petroleum ether extract. The ethanolic extract showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, diterpenes and saponins. Pharmacological investigation revealed that ethanolic extract of C. peltata leaves possessed significant diuretic activity in a given dose of 200 and 300 mg/kg body weight (Diuretic action 1.7 and 2.6, respectively). Where as petroleum ether extract has shown moderate diuresis at a dose of 300 mg/kg body weight (Diuretic action 1.1). The present study justifies the use of C. peltata in the Ayurvedic system of medicine as a diuretic drug