ITEM

SPECIFICATION

PHYSICAL TESTS:

APPEARANCE

LIGHT YELLOW POWDER

AROMA

CHARACTERISTIC

TASTE

CHARACTERISTIC

HERBAL SOURCE

CORYDALIS YANHUSUO W.T. WANG

EXTRACTION SOLVENT

ETHANOL AND WATER

PARTICLE SIZE

100% THROUGH 80MESH

CHEMICAL TESTS:

TETRAHYDROPALMATINE

NOT LESS THAN 95%

CARRIERS USED

NONE

HEAVY METALS

< 10PM

ARSENIC

< 1PPM

LEAD

< 2PPM

LOSS ON DRYING

<5%

STERILIZATION METHOD

HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE

PESTICIDE RESIDUE (GC)

666

< 0.1 PPM

DDT

< 0.1 PPM

ACEPHATE

< 0.1 PPM

METHAMIDOPHOS

< 0.1 PPM

PARATHION

< 0.1 PPM

PCNB

< 10 PPB

MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST

TOTAL PLATE COUNT

<1 000CFU/G

YEAST AND MOLD

< 100CFU/G

SALMONELLA

NEGATIVE

E.COLI

NEGATIVE

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

NEGATIVE