Table 3. Characterization of Dhatryadi Rasayana Churna and Its Granules^a.

s. no.	parameters	Dhatryadi Rasayana churna (mean ± SD)	Dhatryadi Rasayana granules (mean ± SD)
1	total ash content (% w/w)	7.48 ± 0.085	2.73 ± 0.015
2	acid-insoluble ash content (% w/w)	1.28 ± 0.075	0.17 ± 0.020
3	water-soluble extractive	0.35 ± 0.071	91.77 ± 1.293
4	alcohol-soluble extractive (% w/w)	0.36 ± 0.023	41.45 ± 1.095
5	loss on drying (% w/w)	2.35 ± 0.111	0.05 ± 0.014
6	pH (1% w/v aqueous dispersion)	4.10 ± 0.985	4.47 ± 0.112
7	bulk density (g/mL)	0.38 ± 0.021	0.48 ± 0.010
8	tapped density (g/mL)	0.54 ± 0.021	0.50 ± 0.066
9	angle of repose (°)	41.67 ± 1.154	26.97 ± 0.578
10	Carr’s index	27.33 ± 1.527	6.04 ± 0.613
11	Hausner’s ratio	1.37 ± 0.020	1.09 ± 0.063
12	total sugar (% w/w)	.···.	78.13 ± 0.041
13	reducing sugar (% w/w)	.···.	23.64 ± 0.965
14	non-reducing sugar (% w/w)	.···.	53.72 ± 0.421
15	particle size by sieve method
	20 mesh (pass%)	48.90 ± 0.877	0.79 ± 0.025
	40 mesh (pass%)	27.04 ± 1.010	0.65 ± 0.025
	60 mesh (pass%)	13.07 ± 0.572	0.52 ± 0.016
	80 mesh (pass%)	4.48 ± 0.562	0.37 ± 0.025
	100 mesh (pass%)	3.15 ± 0.975	0.34 ± 0.014

^aMean = Average of three successive results (n=3), SD = standard deviation, Student’s t test (p < 0.05, p = 0.115, two tailed).