Research Article

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

Table 5

Relationship among storage time, percent moisture content, and fungal contamination of triphala powder samples.

Storage period (Months)Mean percent moisture (%)No. of samples ( )aCFUb rangeSpecies isolated ( )cDominant speciesCFU > 103 (%)dContaminated samples (%)e

2-37.716/41102–1056/16A. niger 66.6683.33
4-57.6510/41103–1059/16A. niger 8090
6-75.053/41≤1044/16A. niger 66.6666.66
8-97.067/41103–1056/16A. niger 85.7185.71
10-118.422/41103–1055/16A. niger 100100
>125.9613/41103–1049/16A. niger 69.2369.23

Number of samples in storage period/total number of samples. bColony forming unit. cNumber of species isolated from the samples of storage period/total number of species isolated. dSamples having cfu >103/total samples present in storage period, %. eNumber of samples contaminated in storage period/total number of samples in storage period, %.