• KAJAL: COSMECEUTICAL

Abstract

Cosmeceuticals are cosmetic products that are claimed, primarily by those within the cosmetic industry, to have drug like benefits. Designing medicated kajal as a cosmeceutical product to combat eye infections was thought of as a novel and an innovative technique. The main advantages of this product are more patient compliance, water resistant property, stability, economical to formulate etc. The objective of the present work was to develop ocular cosmeceutical of Sulfacetamide and evaluate their potential for sustained ocular delivery. Four formulations were developed, which differed in the constitution and characterized by in vitro drug release studies using dissolution test apparatus that simulated the eye conditions. The method was found to be linear (r²=0.9824) in the range of μcg/ml for sodium sulphacetamide at 7.4 P^H at 255 nm. All formulations were found to have about 90 to 96 % w/w of sodium sulphacetamide. On the basis of in vitro drug release studies, it can be concluded that this kajal cosmetic with three times a day application can combat with the eye infections and at the same time will give the aesthetic appeal.