FORMULATION OF GEL CONTAINING PSIDIUM GUAJAVA LEAVES EXTRACTS TO DETERMINE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY

Psidium guajava Linn (Myrtaceae) has been used as traditional medicine. Due to no molecular pharmacological evidence of this herbal plant, we investigated the anti- inflammatory activity. Quercetin was taken as marker, an anti-inflammatory component which is major phytoconstituent of psidium guajava leaves. The comparative study of hydroalcoholic and methanolic extract of Psidium guajava leaves was carried out to evaluate anti-inflammatory activity. The major findings of the study demonstrated the antiinflammatory activity potential of Psidium guajava leaves extract gel formulation. Hydoalcoholic extract gel is more effective as compared with methanolic extract gel. The P value is