Published Paper Details:

In the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry surfactants have played a very important role since their discovery. They've been used in preparations such as shampoo, detergents, face washes and many more formulations make use of these surfactants. But they are also produced from non-renewable sources of energy such as petroleum which causes not only the exhaustion of these natural resources but also their byproducts are toxic to the humans and to the nature as well as their biodegradability is very low. They have a low production cost and can be produced on a large scale. Traditionally used foaming agents in ayurveda have been there for thousands of years along with other natural agents that can create foam are looked at as alternatives to reduce the harmful effects of chemical surfactants. Biosurfactants are the agents which are produced by microbes and other biological sources which are also excellent foaming agents which can be great alternatives for synthetic petroleum-based surfactants. This review article herein discusses such few green foaming agents which are completely natural in origin and can be used as an alternative for chemical surfactants and lead the prospects of our formulations in the future.