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Cissus Extract


PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT
Product Name CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT
Botanical Name Cissusquadrangularis
Plant part Areal Part
Standardization Ketosterones
S. No. Parameters Specification Method
Physical
1 Description Greenish to Brown color powder Visual
2 Identification Presence of Steroids by TLC KVN/QC/STP-TLC/002
3 Loss on drying NMT 8.0% USP <731>
4 Solubility Soluble in water KVN/QC/STP-GT/039
5 Residue on Ignition NMT 10.0% USP <281>
6 Tapped Bulk density 0.40 -0.90g/ml USP <616>
Sieve test (passes through)
7
# 40 mesh NLT 95.0%w/w
# 60 mesh NLT 90.0%w/w
USP <786>
Chemical
8 Ketosteronesby Gravimetric method
NLT 20.0% w/w on dry basis

KVN/QC/STP-GT/044
9 3-Ketosterones by HPLC
NLT 2.5 % w/won dry basis

KVN/QC/STP-IN/028
Others
10
Heavy Metals
Lead NMT 5.0ppm ICP-OES
Arsenic NMT 1.0ppm ICP-OES
Cadmium NMT 0.3ppm ICP-OES
Mercury NMT 0.1ppm ICP-OES
11 Residual solvents Should comply by ICH/USP USP <467>
Microbiological Profile
12
Total plate count NNMT 5000cfu/g USP <2021>
Yeast and molds count NMT 100cfu/g USP <2021>
Escherichia coli Absent /10g USP <2022>
Salmonella Absent /10g USP <2022>
Staphylococcus aureus Absent /10g USP <2022>
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Absent /10g USP <62>