Journal of Mycology

Research Article

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

Table 4

Relationships between the percent moisture contents of triphala powder samples and fungal contamination.
Moisture range %No. of samples ( )aCFUb rangeSpecies isolated ( )cDominant speciesCFU > 103 (%)dContaminated samples (%)e
4-55/60103–1045/16A. niger 66.6680
5-611/60103–1056/16A. niger 54.5454.54
6-79/60102–1046/16A. niger 55.5566.66
7-87/60103–1057/16A. niger 85.7185.71
8-914/60102–1057/16A. niger 71.4278.57
>914/60102–10511/16A. niger 71.4285.71
Number of samples in percent moisture range/total number of samples. bColony forming unit. cNumber of species isolated from the samples of the percent moisture range/total number of species isolated. dSamples having cfu >103/total number of samples in the percent moisture range, %. eNumber of samples contaminated in percent moisture range/total number of samples in the percent moisture range, %.