Journal of Mycology

Research Article

Mycobiota of Commercially Available Triphala Powder: A Well Known Dietary Supplement of Indian System of Medicine

Table 3

Relationship between the pH of triphala powder samples and fungal contamination.
pH range (5%)No. of samples ( )aCFUb rangeSpecies isolated Dominant speciesCFU > 103 (%)dContaminated samples (%)e
3.50–3.605/60102–1056/16A. niger 6080
3.61–3.7025/60103–10513/16A. niger 8088
3.71–3.8016/60103–1046/16A. niger 68.7568.75
3.81–3.903/60≤1034/16A. niger 33.3333.33
3.91–44/60≤1033/16P. citrinum 2550
4.1–55/60102–1037/16A. niger 6080
5.1–72/60≤1032/16A. niger 5050
Number of samples in pH range/total number of samples. bColony forming unit. cNumber of species isolated from the samples of pH range/total number of species isolated. dSamples having cfu >103/total number of samples in pH range, %. eNumber of samples contaminated in pH range/total number of sample in pH range, %.