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
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 |
/ |
Extract Solvent |
Ethanol & Water |
/ |
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:
- Nutraceuticals
- Food supplement
- Cosmetics
- Skin Care products
Function:
- Antidepressant effect
- Anti anxiety effect
- Antiviral effect
- Anticancer effect
- Alcoholism