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

Table 2

Microbial assessment of different ADHPs.

Sample; name	Total aerobic bacterial; count/mL	Total coliform; count/mL	Total E. coli; count/mL	E. coli 0157; count/mL	Salmonella spp.; count/mL
ADHP-1	2.0 × 10^4	2.0 × 10^2	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-2	1.4 × 10^6	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-3	4.0 × 10^4	2.7 × 10^3,; 1.7 × 10^3 (w, c)	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-4	5.72 × 10^6	8.4 × 10^3 (P); 8.00 × 10^2 (W)	3.1 × 10^3 (W); 6.0 × 10^2 (P)	Negative	2.75 × 10^3
ADHP-5	2.9 × 10^5	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-6	5.7 × 10^5	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-7	7.08 × 10^4	2.08 × 10^4	2.34 × 10^4	Negative	Negative
ADHP-8	5.36 × 10^4	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-9	2.5 × 10^5	2.89 × 10^3	9.5 × 10^2	4.4 × 10^2	Negative
ADHP-10	8.3 × 10^5	8.0 × 10^2	2.9 × 10^2	Negative	Negative
ADHP-11	1.38 × 10^6	3.93 × 10^4	1.34 × 10^4 (P); 7.8 × 10^3 (W)	2.1 × 10^3 (P)	Negative
ADHP-12	2.03 × 10^4	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
ADHP-13	1.87 × 10^6	5.0 × 10^3	5.0 × 10^2 (P); 1.6 × 10^3 (W)	1 × 10^2 (P)	Negative