Product Name | Epimedium Extract | Country of Origin | China | |||
Botanical latin Name | Epimedium brevicornum Maxim | Specification | cas 20% | |||
Plant Part | Dried leaves (100% Natural) | Carrier | None | |||
Item | Specification Results | Method | ||||
Assay | Icariin ≥20% | HPLC | ||||
Physical Control | ||||||
Appearance | Fine Powder | Visual | ||||
Color | Brown yellow | Visual | ||||
Odor/ Taste | Characteristic | Organoleptic | ||||
Particle Size | NLT100%Through 80 mesh | GB5507-85 | ||||
Identification | Positive | TLC | ||||
Loss on Drying | ≤5.0% | 5g/100℃/2.5hrs | ||||
Ash content | ≤5.0% | 2g/525℃/3hrs | ||||
Extract Solvent | Ethanol:Water=7:1 | \ | ||||
Solvents Residue | Ethanol≤500ppm | USP | ||||
Heavy metals | ||||||
Total Heavy Metals | ≤10ppm | ICP/MS | ||||
Lead | ≤3ppm | ICP/MS | ||||
Arsenic | ≤1ppm | ICP/MS | ||||
Mercury | ≤0.1ppm | ICP/MS | ||||
Cadmium | ≤1ppm | ICP/MS | ||||
Microorganism Control | ||||||
Total aerobic microbial count | ≤1,000cfu/g | USP<2021> | ||||
Total yeast and mould count | ≤100cfu/g | USP<2021> | ||||
E coil | Absent in 10 g or 10 mL | USP<2022> | ||||
Salmonella spp | Absent in 1 g or 1 mL | USP<2022> |