EVALUATION OF HAIR GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY OF ACALYPHA INDICA ETHANOLIC EXTRACT WHOLE PLANT
AbstractTraditionally, alopecia, a major illness throughout the world, has been treated with medicinal plants and their oils. Hair treatments, including those that stimulate hair growth, cost about $10 billion a year. A big worry is hair loss, which is mostly brought on by junk food and erratic lifestyle choices. The function of the ethanolic extract of the entire A. indica plant is examined in this study. Polar components like alkaloids, flavanoids, glycosides, terpenoids, and salts were detected by qualitative screening after Soxhlet extraction. At the maximum dose of 2000 mg/kg, 14 rats in acute toxicity trials exhibited no behavioral abnormalities, a modest increase in weight, and no mortality. At 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg doses, the in-vivo hair growth boosting activity on 24 rats demonstrated effectiveness in activating hair follicles, increasing the number of hair follicles, and promoting hair growth. The results of the study demonstrate the effectiveness of the entire A. indica plant and offer a formulation approach for creating hair cosmetics.
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IJPSR
Ganta Radhika Reddy * and Rakesh Jat
Department of Pharmacy, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewal University, Vidyanagari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India.
radhikareddyganta777@gmail.com
02 April 2025
21 June 2025
26 June 2025
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.16(9).2594-99
01 September 2025
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