Description:

Color

Yellowish-green powder

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Flavor&Odor

Good odor and bitter taste

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Particle size

100% pass through 80 mesh sieve

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Extract Solvents

Water and ethanol

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Physical:

Loss on drying

<8.0%

    4.6%

Bulk Density

Report data

64g/100ml

Tapped Density

Report data

  79g/100ml

Chemical:

Heavy metals

<20ppm

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Lead

<5ppm

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Arsenic

<2ppm

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Assay:

Cichoric acid (by HPLC)

>4.0%

4.087%

Polyphenols (by UV)

>6.0%

8.8%