Quality Assessment of Five Different Brands of Chyawanprash Marketed in Nepal

Table 4

Determination of total viable aerobic count in Chyawanprash.

S. no.	Brands	Volume examined (ml)	CFU/ml	Microbial contamination limit for herbal formulations as per WHO guidelines	Observation as per WHO guidelines
1	A	10	—	10 ^ 5.	No bacterial growth
2	B	10	27		Lower than microbial contamination limit
3	C	10	48		Lower than microbial contamination limit
4	D	10	279		Lower than microbial contamination limit
5	E	10	51		Lower than microbial contamination limit

Note. Safety limits (CFU/g ≤ 10⁵) according to WHO guideline for aerobic bacteria.