Safety evaluation test

All are the potential contaminants of

herbal products except

• microorganisms

• microbial toxins

• antioxidant

• pesticides

Identify heavy metal with the limit NMT 0.5ppm (according to DRGD for herbal products)

Identify heavy metal with the limit NMT 10 ppm (according to DRGD for herbal products)

Identify heavy metal with the limit NMT 5 ppm (according to DRGD for herbal products)

Identify heavy metal with the limit NMT 0.3 ppm (according to DRGD for herbal products)

All are the purposes of Microbial Limit Test except

• To determine whether the samples comply with the specification for microbial quality.

• To measure heavy metals in herbal products.

• To perform qualitative and quantitative estimation of specific viable microbes in the sample.

• To determine presence or absence of specific microbes in sample.

Determine disadvantage of brine shrimp lethality assay

• Simplicity

• Need standardized experimental conditions (salinity, pH, temperature,aeration, light)

• Robustness

• Rapidness