Authors : Paranjape A. A., Bokde M.P., Taywade M. H. and Shevle P. K.
Page Nos : 05-10
Description :
The aim of present work was to study formulation and development of rice starch shampoo. Many commercially available herbal shampoos are based on synthetic functional ingredients which may cause various hazards to hair and scalp. As per the literature survey, Rice Starch granules helps in cleansing, conditioning and for making hair smooth, also it is safe to use and free from side effects. Hence shampoo with powdered rice starch was selected as base for the study. The shampoo base was formulated with different trials and the final selection of base was done by evaluating the same on the basis of physical and chemical methods like colour, odour, pH and foam height. The powdered form of rice starch was incorporated in selected base with various concentrations and the formulations were evaluated for the functional parameters. Rice starch shampoo thus prepared was subjected to stability study and evaluation according to BIS guidelines. Subjective evaluation of shampoo was carried out to study the functional parameters like colour, odour, irritancy, cleansing effect, conditioning effect and ease of removal on human volunteers. The study showed that shampoo with 0.5% rice starch had good cleansing effect, leaves the hair soft and easily manageable.
