Formulation & development of gel using herbal extract of clove

Abstract

Mouth ulcer it’s a common inflammatory condition of oral mucosa that can cause signification discomfort and pain, affecting daily activity such as eating and speaking. Conventional treating often involve corticosteroids and antiseptics, which may leads to adverse effect with prolonged use(1).this study aims to develop and evaluate herbal gel formulation incorporating Aloe and Clove for effective management of mouth ulcer.Aloe is well known soothing, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties due to its rich content of polysaccharides, glycoproteins and antioxidant and Clove is rich of eugenol, exhibit potent antimicrobial, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory.Herbal gel to treat mouth ulcer should be stable, effective, providing synergic effect of both aloe and clove extract. This project focused on the preparation of a mouth ulcer healing gel because better culture, acceptability, better compatibility, with human body and less side effect.