St John’s Wort Extract

Product Name: St John’s Wort Extract

Latin Name: Hypericum perforatum L.

Appearance: Brown fine powder

Part Used: Whole herb

Specification: Hypercins 0.3%

Shelf Life: Two years when stored properly

Country of Origin: China

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Product description:

Hypericum perforatum L. is a perennial herb of the Hypericaceae and Hypericum genus, which can reach a height of centimeters, with the whole body being hairless. The stem is upright, with multiple branches, the leaves are sessile, the leaf blades are oval to linear, the tip is blunt, the edge is entire, rolled back, the upper part is green, the lower part is white and green, the vein network is sparse and not obvious. The cyme is compact, growing on the top of the stem and branches, the bracts and small bracts are linear, the sepals are oblong or lanceolate, the petals are yellow, oblong or oblong-elliptic, the two sides are not equal, there are numerous stamens, the anthers are yellow, the ovary is ovoid, the capsule is oblong-ovoid, the seeds are dark brown, cylindrical, and it blooms in July to August and bears fruit in September to October.

 

Specification

Items

Standards

Method

Hypercins

0.3%

UV

Appearance

Brown fine powder

Visual

Extracted Part

Seed

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Extract Solvent

Ethanol & Water

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Particle Size

100% through 80 meshes

CP2020

Loss On Drying

NMT5.0%

CP2020

Ash

NMT5.0%

CP2020

Heavy Metals

NMT10ppm

ICP-MS

Pb

NMT3.0ppm

ICP-MS

As

NMT2.0ppm

ICP-MS

Cd

NMT1.0 ppm 

ICP-MS

Hg

NMT0.1ppm

ICP-MS

Total Bacterial Count

NMT1000cfu/g

CP2020

Total Molds Count

NMT100cfu/g

CP2020

Salmonella

Negative

CP2020

E. Coli

Negative

CP2020

 

Application

  1. Nutraceuticals
  2. Food supplement
  3. Cosmetics
  4. Skin Care products

 

Function

  1. Antidepressant effect
  2. Anti anxiety effect
  3. Antiviral effect
  4. Anticancer effect
  5. Alcoholism