Research Article
Risk of Fungi Associated with Aflatoxin and Fumonisin in Medicinal Herbal Products in the Kenyan Market
Table 1
Fungal colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Mombasa and Eldoret samples after 72 hours incubation (
-100).
| | Site | Formulation form | Mean (104) | | Std. deviation | Median (104) | Sum (104) | Min (104) | Max (104) | value (-value) |
| | Eldoret | Liquid | 11.86 | 14 | 21.775 | 1.00 | 166 | 0 | 52 | 0.965 (0.001) | | Oil | 0.00 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Powder | 15.68 | 34 | 15.503 | 10.00 | 533 | 0 | 52 |
| | Mombasa | Capsules | 0.00 | 1 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.965 (0.001) | | Liquid | 22.50 | 12 | 21.865 | 20.50 | 270 | 0 | 52 | | Oil | 0.00 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Powder | 13.25 | 28 | 18.940 | 6.50 | 371 | 0 | 52 | | Tablets | 11.00 | 6 | 19.637 | 2.00 | 66 | 0 | 50 |
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Note. Min: minimum; Max: maximum; : total sample size per formulation; Std: standard deviation.
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