Microbial and Heavy Metal Contaminant of Antidiabetic Herbal Preparations Formulated in Bangladesh

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Incubation of antidiabetic herbal preparations (ADHPs) in different agar media for microbial count. (a) ADHP-9 incubated in Tryptic Soya Agar (TSA) plate for total aerobic count, (b) ADHP-7 incubated in Chromocult agar plate for total coliform count, (c) ADHP-7 and ADHP-11 incubated in Sorbitol MacConkey (SMAC) agar plate for total E. coli count, (e) ADHP-6 incubated in caprylate-thallous Agar (CTA) plate for E. coli 0157 count, and (f) ADHP-11 incubated in Bismuth Sulfite Agar (BSA) plate for Salmonella spp. count.

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