Evaluation of the Microbial Load and Heavy Metal Content of Two Polyherbal Antimalarial Products on the Ghanaian Market

Table 3

Microbial load of Edhec Malacure.

Test	Results				Acceptable limits
	A	B	AVE	SD
Total aerobic viable count (NA; 37°C; 24 hrs) ≤1 × 10^5 cfu/mL	2.11 × 10^3	2.23 × 10^3	2.17 × 10^3	0.06	Not more 1.0 × 10^7 cfu/mL
Test for Salmonella, Shigella. BSA/37°C/48 hrs. Nil/L	0	0	0	0	Absent
Test for Escherichia coli. MAC/37°C/48 hrs. Nil/L	0	0	0	0	Not more 1.0 × 10^2 cfu/mL
Test for Pseudomonas cetrimide PCA/37°C/48 hrs. Nil/L	0	0	0	0	Absent
Test for yeast and molds. PDC/SAB/25°C/5 days	1.23 × 10^3	2.43 × 10^3	1.83 × 10^3	0.6	Not more 1.0 × 10^5 cfu/mL

A and B samples of Edhec Malacure; AVE: average; SD: standard deviation.