Enrichment, Development, and Assessment of Indian Basil Oil Based Antiseptic Cream Formulation Utilizing Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance Approach

Table 3

Creaming index of basil oil and light liquid paraffin emulsions.

Emulsions	HLB	Day 5	Day 10	Day 30	Day 45	Day 60
Basil oil emulsions
BE1	5.0	3.0	7.6	PS	PS	PS
BE2	6.0	2.8	6.6	PS	PS	PS
BE3	7.0	2.4	6.2	PS	PS	PS
BE4	8.0	2.1	5.9	PS	PS	PS
BE5	9.0	1.8	4.2	PS	PS	PS
BE6	10.0	1.6	4.0	8.2	10.8	PS
BE7	11.0	1.3	3.8	6.6	8.4	PS
BE8	12.0	1.1	3.6	6.4	8.2	PS
BE9	13.0	1.0	3.4	6.0	8.0	9.8
BE10	14.0	1.0	3.2	5.8	7.8	10.2
BE11	15.0	1.1	3.2	6.0	8.0	PS
Light liquid paraffin emulsions
LE1	5.0	2.8	5.7	PS	PS	PS
LE2	6.0	2.6	5.9	PS	PS	PS
LE3	7.0	2.4	5.8	PS	PS	PS
LE4	8.0	2.0	5.4	PS	PS	PS
LE5	9.0	1.8	4.8	8.9	10.4	PS
LE6	10.0	1.4	3.0	8.6	9.0	10.4
LE7	11.0	1.0	3.0	8.2	8.4	9.2
LE8	12.0	1.0	3.2	8.2	8.8	9.4
LE9	13.0	1.2	3.6	8.4	9.0	PS
LE10	14.0	1.3	3.6	8.6	9.2	PS
LE11	15.0	1.5	3.4	9.0	PS	PS

BE: basil oil emulsion; LE: light liquid paraffin emulsion; PS: phase separation.