Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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School of Industrial Fisheries (CUSAT), Kerala, India

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• Research Article   
  Accelerated Shelf Life Study of Fish Oil Stored in Medicinal Plant Extracts
  Author(s): Jithu Paul Jacob* and Saleena Mathew
  
  Stability studies provide evidence on in what way the quality of a drug or its product varies with time under influence of changing environmental factors such as humidity, temperature and light. Present study is an attempt to study accelerated stability of fish oil incorporated with three medicinal plant extracts, which can be used for preserving it from further oxidation. The results of accelerated shelf life studies of fish oil treated with O. sanctum extracts (2 mg%). It is found that E. coli, Salmonella and P. aeruginosa were absent throughout the storage period of 6 months in the treated sample. Though TPC was found high at initial stage (1250000 cfu/gm.), by 6 months the value was reduced to <05 cfu/gm. Fungus and yeast contents with a high value during 2nd month (1000 cfu/gm) decreased to a value of 110 cfu/gm in 6 months. Rancidity index .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0412.19.8.334

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