FORMULATION OF POLYHERBAL ESSENSE STICK TO REPEL INSECTS
Ishwari N. Takle, Avinash G. Wagh, Ashwini Shelke, Dr. Swati. Rawat , Dr. Sunil S. Jaybhaye
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Institute of Pharmacy , Badnapur 431202, Maharashtra
Abstract
Currently the use of synthetic mosquito repellent chemicals has several issues related to environment and human health. This project was formulated and developed to have safer mosquito repellent free from carcinogenic chemicals and are significantly cheaper and simple to develop. Dried powdered herbs like clove, cow dung, camphor, guggul, neem leaves were used to make mosquito repellent formulation. The powdered blend were mixed with binders and additives like charcoal powder. The solid formulation was rolled in the form of incense sticks.The incense sticks when ignited releases vapours with a pleasant fragrance and herbs which repels the mosquitoes. The incense sticks was tested for its potency by burning near the for feedback and were deemed to be very effective in controlling the mosquitos. mosquito net cage with sufficient mosquitoes. The sticks also distributed to random peoples
Keywords: Neem Leaves , Clove , Charcoal , Guar Gum , Camphor , Guggul , Saw Dust , Lemon Extract
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EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)
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Published on : 2024-12-02
Vol | : | 10 |
Issue | : | 11 |
Month | : | November |
Year | : | 2024 |