Research Article
In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Polyalthia longifolia (Annonaceae) Leaf Extract and Assessment of Its Formulated Oral Dosage Forms
Table 11
Microbiological quality of PLE tablets and suspension.
| Presence of microbial growth in media | PLE tablets result | PLE suspension result | Specification (BP 2018) |
| Total aerobic count on nutrient agar | 2.1 × 101 cfu/g | 8.0 × 101 cfu/mL | ≤1.0 × 104 cfu/g (mL) | E. coli on MacConkey agar | None detected | None detected | Absent (in 1 g/mL) | Staph. aureus on mannitol salt agar. | None detected | None detected | Absent (in 1 g/mL) | S. typhi on bismuth sulphite agar | None detected | None detected | Absent (in 1 g/mL) | Total yeast/mould count on Sabouraud agar | 3.0 × 101 cfu/g | 1.0 × 101 cfu/mL | ≤1.0 × 102 cfu/g (mL) |
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