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Garcinia Extract


PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT
Product Name Garcinia Extract 60% [Water Soluble]
Botanical Name Garcinia combogia
Plant part Fruit
Standardization (-) Hydroxy Citric Acid [HCA]
S. No. Parameters Specification Method
Physical
1 Description White to off white color free flowing powder with mild salty taste Visual /Organoleptic
2 Identification To comply by HPLC KVN/QC/STP-IN/025
3 Loss on drying NMT 10.0% USP <731>
4 Solubility soluble in Water KVN/QC/STP-GT/017
5 pH of 1% w/w Solution 7.0– 10.0 USP
6 Tapped Bulk density 0.40-0.70g/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 Assay by HPLC
Content of (-) Hydroxy Citric Acid

NLT 60.0% w/w on dry basis

KVN/QC/STP- IN/025
9 Calcium 5.0 – 10.0% w/w ICP-OES
10 Potassium 01.0 – 18.0% w/w ICP-OES
Others
11
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
12 Residual solvents Should comply by ICH/USP USP <467>
Microbiological Profile
13
Total plate count NNMT 3000cfu/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>