Open AccessQuality assessment of different marketed brands of Dasamoolaristam, an Ayurvedic formulation
Author(s) -
V Kalaiselvan,
Ankur Kalpeshkumar Shah,
Falgun Babulal Patel,
Chainesh Narendrabhai Shah,
M. Kalaivani,
A Rajasekaran
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of ayurveda research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-925X
pISSN - 0974-7788
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7788.59937
Subject(s) - alcohol , traditional medicine , staphylococcus aureus , salmonella , food science , chemistry , alcohol content , escherichia coli , biology , medicine , bacteria , biochemistry , gene , genetics
Arista is a classical Ayurvedic preparation that is typically used as a digestive and cardiotonic. The present Investigation evaluated five different brands of Dasamoolaristam available in the market as per WHO and Indian Pharmacopoeial specifications. Various physicochemical parameters such as alcohol-soluble extractive, water-soluble extractive, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, total solid, and alcohol content were determined. The present investigation reveals that all the preparations contain acceptable levels of alcohol (less than 12% v/v). However, the preparations were found to contain unacceptable limits of microbial load although all showed the absence of Escherichia coli, Salmonella species, and Staphylococcus aureus.