Quality assessment of different marketed brands of Dasamoolaristam, an Ayurvedic formulation
Authors
V Kalaiselvan
Department of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Sector 23, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP-201 02, India
Ankur Shah
Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
Falgun Patel
Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
Chainesh Shah
Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
M Kalaivani
Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
A Rajasekaran
Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
Keywords:
Dasamoolaristam, alcohol content, Microbial load, extractive value, E. coli
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Dasamoolaristam, alcohol content, Microbial load, extractive value, E. coli
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