QUALITATIVE DETERMINATION OF HERBAL OILS USED IN VARIOUSHERBAL AND COSMECEUTICALS FORMULATION

Abstract

The object of present study is to analyze the various oils used in the preparation of herbal formulations
and available in the market. However, it is uncertain whether these raw materials comply with the standards
prescribed in the pharmacopeias.
Methods
In this study three oils of plant source i.e.Syzygium aromaticum, and .have been obtained from the
market and various quality control tests including Physico-chemical characteristics, thin layer chromatography
(TLC), spectrophotometric assay (British Pharmacopoeia) have been performed to determine their compliance
with the officials standards. The TLC has been used for the identification of the active ingredients on
comparison of their RF values with the reference standard.
Result
The qualitative and quantitative evaluation has been carried out on the selected herbal oils. Some of
them were found to comply with official standards while some did not comply probably due to
adulteration or being spurious or substandard raw material. Though this type of study provide useful
data that would be helpful for manufacturer in the authentication of these oil obtained from plant
sources for formulation purpose.