Nutritional and microbial quality evaluation of herbal drinking water.

About 80% of all illnesses in developing countries are related to water e.g., cholera, dysentery, diarrhea, etc. Herbal traditions throughout the world have used infusions and decoctions of herbs in drinking water. This study assessed the antibacterial activity, quality and consumer acceptability of drinking water on treatment with Piper longum and Caesalpinia sappan extracts. Among the various concentrations, 0.5 g P. longum root extract and 0.5 g C. sappan bark extract treated with drinking water recorded high quality, high antibacterial activity and better consumer acceptability. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________