Quality assessment of different marketed brands of Dasamoolaristam, an Ayurvedic formulation.
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.
Department of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Sector 23, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP-201 02, India.
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Kalaiselvan
Ankur
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Kalpeshkumar Shah
Falgun
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Babulal Patel
Chainesh
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Narendrabhai Shah
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Kalaivani
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Rajasekaran