| Test parameters | Cow ghee | Flax seed oil | Amalaki fruit extract | Shorea Robusta resin | Yashada bhasma |
| Description | Semi solid, granular in texture, light yellow in color with sweet characteristic odor | Liquid, golden yellow in color with characteristic odor | Free flowing powder, light greenish brown in color with faint characteristic odor | Dried resin pieces, irregularly cylindrical in shape, longitudinally shriveled, brownish to gray in color with faint balsamic odor | Fine powder of light yellow color, odorless, tasteless | Solubility | Soluble in chloroform, hexane, Dichloromethane (DCM), toluene, sparingly soluble in methanol, insoluble in water | Soluble in chloroform, hexane, DCM, toluene, sparingly soluble in methanol, insoluble in water | Very slightly soluble in chloroform, hexane, DCM, soluble in water, methanol | Soluble in chloroform, hexane, DCM, methanol, slightly soluble in water | Insoluble in chloroform, hexane, DCM, methanol, water, freely soluble in 50% HCl | pH | Not applicable | Not applicable | 3.11 | 5.80 | 7.29 | Wt/ml | 0.905 | 0.926 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | RI | 1.4590 | 1.477 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Loss on drying at 105°C (% by wt) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 7.46 | 1.25 | 0.049 | Total ash content (% by wt) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 4.77 | 0.049 | 99.95 | Acid value | 0.66 | 0.83 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Iodine value | 5.80 | 5.89 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Peroxide value | 1.49 | 9.1 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Saponification value | 230.66 | 207.30 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Baudouin test | Negative | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Sieve analysis, % retention on 150 μ% retention on 75 μ | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 0.40, 0.59 | Bulk density (gm/ml) After first tap After 50 taps | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 1.38, 2.35 | Percentage vitamin C | Not applicable | Not applicable | 7.57 | Not applicable | | Percentage zinc content | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 79.32 | Heavy metals (Hg, Cd, As, Pb) | Not applicable | Not applicable | <0.5 ppm | <0.5 ppm | <0.5 ppm | Microbial load(cfu/gm) TVC TFC | Not applicable | Not applicable | <100, <10 | <10, <10 | Not applicable |
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