ITEM

SPECIFICATION

RESULTS

Appearance

Dark Grey fine powder

Conforms

Odor

Characteristic

Conforms

Taste

Characteristic

Conforms

Particle size

100% pass through 80mesh

Conforms

Assay (by TLC)

7:1

Conforms

Used part

Root

Conforms

Heavy Metal

≤20ppm

Conforms

Arsenic

 ≤2ppm 

Conforms

Lead

≤2ppm

Conforms

Loss on drying

≤5.0%

3.13%

Bulk Density

40~60g/100ml

50.6g/100ml

Extract Solvent

Ethanol&Water

Conforms

Drying Method

Spray drying

Conforms

Total microbacterial Count

Yeast and mold

Salmonella

E.Coli

Staphylococcus

≤1000cfu/g

≤100cfu/g

Negative

Negative

Negative

Conforms

Conforms

Negative

Negative

Negative