Antidandruff Potential of Kaempferia Galanga Ethanolic Extracts for Hair Cream Formulation

The study conducted on February 26, 2018, assessed the antifungal properties of ethanolic extracts from Kaempferia galanga, Citrus hystrix, and Cinnamomum zeylanicum against the dandruff-causing fungus Malassezia spp. The extracts demonstrated minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of 5 mg/mL, with inhibition zones measuring 14.5 ± 3.8 mm for C. zeylanicum, 12.0 ± 1.8 mm for K. galanga, and 12.0 ± 0.8 mm for C. hystrix after 3 days. Although positive controls Zinc Pyrithione (ZPT) and imidazole showed greater inhibition, the study successfully formulated an anti-fungal hair cream with K. galanga extract, which exhibited good physicochemical properties, including stability, viscosity of 543.7 ± 19.2, and a pH of 5.46 ± 0.01. The study concluded that K. galanga ethanolic extract is a promising active ingredient for anti-fungal hair cream formulations to potentially control dandruff.