Herbal antimalarials still remain an alternative to our traditional communities who can not afford orthodox antimalarials. This study was aimed at investigating the microbial quality of six herbal antimalarials using standard microbiological methods. Of the six preparations analyzed, "schnapps", palm wine and water were the media of preparation; the water base preparations recorded higher microbial load. The mean microbial load was 159.5x10
5 cfu/ml and 217.4x10
2cfu/ml in water and alcohol base preparations respectively. The microbial profile of the preparations showed that the schnapps base preparations were predominantly contaminated with
Bacillus
sp (Aerobic spore bearers) and
Mucor
spp. The palm wine preparation harboured
Bacillus sp, yeasts and
Mucor spp while the water base preparations had several isolates such as
Staphylococcus epidermidis,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli 0157H7,
Proteus mirabilis, Enterococcus feacalis, Serratia marcensces, Staph. aureus, Bacillus spp and
Mucor spp. Conclusively, this study underlines the public health importance of these preparations given the high burden of such human pathogen as
Ecoli O157H7,
Ps aeruginosa, Stahp aureus, etc. in the preparations.