SUN PROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF WATER IMMISCIBLE PIGMENTS OF FRUIT EXTRACT OF GARCINIA INDICA
AbstractIn order to protect from UV radiations, naturally occurring safe and broad spectrum components are desired. The chemical sun blockers viz. ZnO and TiO2 gives broad spectrum UV protection but, its safety is doubted. Aim of present communication was to study UV protective activity of water immiscible pigments of fruit rinds of Garcinia indica. Out of various extracts used for sun protective activity n-butanol, and ethyl acetate extracts of fruit rinds were shortlisted. Both the ethyl acetate and butanolic extracts were fractionated with water to remove the Hydroxy citric acid present in the extract. The ethyl acetate extract after water fractionation exhibited three-fold increase in UV absorbance in both UV A and UV B regions. Fractionated ethyl acetate extract was incorporated in sun protective cream formulation and the Sun protection factor was found to be 3.43 with boot star rating of five. The fractionated ethyl acetate extract of G. indica can be used as natural component for sunscreens
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Ijpsr
M. S. Dike and M. A. Deodhar *
Department of Botany, KET’s V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mithagar Road, Mulund (E), Mumbai 400081, India
drmadeodhar@gmail.com
17 October, 2014
14 January, 2015
19 February, 2015
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.6(6).2518-24
01 June, 2015
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