Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Transdermal Patch in the treatment of Wound Healing

Transdermal patches deliver medication more directly to the bloodstream by passing processing in the liver. Transdermal patches deliver medication over a longer period of time than traditional systems, which can be easier on patients who experience extreme side effects provides a pre-prescribed dose of medication that is absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream. The plant Curcuma longa linn (Zingi beraceae) commonly called as Indian Sauron. The whole plant of turmeric mainly rhizomes, roots and leaves are used for medicinal purposes. Rhizomes and roots are playing an important role in ayurvedic and unani medicines. In the latter half of the 20th century, Curcumin was identified as responsible for most of the biological euects of turmeric. The rhizomes contain curcuminoids, curcumin, demethoxy curcumin, his-demthoxy curcumin, 5'-methoxycurcumin and dihydro curcumin which are found to be natural antioxidants. The fresh rhizomes also contain two new natural phenoloics, which possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and two new pigments also.For the solid–liquid extraction of bioactive chemicals from plants, the Soxhlet extraction method is considered the gold standard and the method of reference. Several publications have reported the utilization of a Soxhlet extractor to extract curcumin from plants.