Abstract:
The objective of this work was to develop dog shampoo containing Zingiber cassumunar extract and to evaluate dogs skin feature during using shampoo including satisfaction of volunteers who shampooing dog. The physical stability in various conditions was investigated for 8 weeks showed that both of dog shampoo base and dog shampoo containing 1% Zingiber cassumunar extract were physically stable in terms of viscosity, odor, and acidity, exception for color that the dog shampoo containing 1% Zingiber cassumunar was slightly faded. Both types of dog shampoo were applied on 10 volunteers dogs once a week for 4 weeks. The results obtained that the dogs skin after using dog shampoo containing 1% Zingiber cassumunar extract looked better than using base dog shampoo. The volunteers are satisfied with the dog shampoo containing 1% Zingiber cassumunar extract more than the base formula in the factors of appearance, skin anti-inflammation and hair fall reduction with statistical significance (p < 0.05).