S. No. | Parameters | Observations and time interval | ||||||
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Times (hrs) (0) | Times (hrs) (24) | Times (hrs) (48) | Times (hrs) (72) | Times (hrs) (96) | Times (hrs) (120) | Mean ± SD | ||
1 | Colour | Greenish | Greenish | Greenish | Greenish | Greenish | Greenish | |
2 | Odor | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | |
3 | External Appearance | Clear Liquid | Clear Liquid | Clear Liquid | Clear Liquid | Clear Liquid | Clear Liquid | |
4 | pH | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.18 ± 0.72 |
5 | Viscosity | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.038 ± 1.07 |
6 | Surface Tension | 110.26 | 112.71 | 112.09 | 114.83 | 111.05 | 113.29 | 112.37 ± 0.28 |
7 | Specific Gravity | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.43 | 1.58 | 1.54 | 1.508 ± 1.70 |
8 | Refractive Index (RI) | 1.429 | 1.448 | 1.584 | 1.461 | 1.502 | 1.490 | 1.485 ± 0.69 |
9 | Microbiological Load (Bioburden level) | |||||||
9.1 | Total Aerobic plate count | 4900 CFU/g | 4891 CFU/g | 4740 CFU/g | 4684 CFU/g | 4591 CFU/g | 4410 CFU/g | 4702 ± 2.05 |
9.2 | E.coli | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |
9.3 | Salmonella | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |
9.4 | S. aureus | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |
9.5 | Klebsiella | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |
9.6 | Clostridium botulinum | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |