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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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Quality assessment of different marketed brands of Dasamoolaristam, an Ayurvedic formulation
V Kalaiselvan1, Ankur Kalpeshkumar Shah2, Falgun Babulal Patel2, Chainesh Narendrabhai Shah2, M Kalaivani2, A Rajasekaran2
1 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Sector 23, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP-201 02, India
2 Department of Pharmacognosy, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road, Coimbatore, 641035, India
Correspondence Address:
V Kalaiselvan
Senior Scientific Officer, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Sector 23, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP
India
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7788.59937 PMID: 20532091
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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. |
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