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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="pharmaceutical-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Open Science Publishers LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">227</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">https://doi.org/10.31782/IJMPS.2023.13402</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Pharmaceutical Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Antimicrobial Perspectives of Piper betle Extract containing Ointment Formulations for Dermatological Applications&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Verma</surname><given-names>Neha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gautam</surname><given-names>Basudha Singh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>04</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>9</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Piper betle L. is a perennial, dioecious and tropical shade loving creeper, belonging to the Piperaceae family. Piper betle is cultivated extensively in India and China due to its well-established roles in timeworn practices along with the plant__ampersandsignrsquo;s immense medicinal properties, establishing it as economically important. The antimicrobial role of Piper betle extract in topical formulation was not reported in any standard databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, etc. The Piper betle-incorporated ointment formulations (B1-B5) containing various bases (hydrophilic ointment base, blend ointment base, macrogol cream base, simple ointment base, and white petrolatum base) were developed. The formulation showed desired physical appearance, spreadability, pH, extrudability, viscosity, and washability. The products were found to be non-irritant on human skin. The optimized formulation (B3) demonstrated no substantial disparity in the pH, viscosity, spreadability, swelling index, extrudability, and physical appearance which indicated desirable stability for the duration of 90 days under conditions of 40__ampersandsigndeg;C__ampersandsignplusmn;2__ampersandsigndeg;C, 75%__ampersandsignplusmn;5% RH. P. betle extract showed moderate anti-microbial activity against E. coli, B. subtilis, K. pneumonia, C. albicans, and A. niger. In the case of evaluation of anti-fungal potentials, significant growth inhibition was presented by the P. betle extract against C. albicans and A. niger.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Piper betle</kwd><kwd> Ointment</kwd><kwd> Formulations</kwd><kwd> Antimicrobial</kwd><kwd> Antibacterial</kwd><kwd> Antifunga</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
