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Licorice Extract


PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT
Product Name LICORICE EXTRACT 40.0%
Botanical Name Glycyrrhizaglabra
Plant part Roots
Standardization Glabridin
S. No. Parameters Specification Method
Physical
1 Description off white to light brown color powder Visual
2 Identification To comply by HPLC KVN/QC/STP-IN/030
3 Loss on drying NMT 5.0% w/w USP <921>
4 Alcohol soluble extractives NLT 90.0% w/w KVN/QC/STP-GT/026
5 Residue on Ignition NMT 5.0% USP <281>
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 Glabridin
NLT 40.0% w/w on dry basis

KVN/QC/STP-IN/030
Others
9
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
10 Residual solvents Should comply by ICH/USP USP <467>
Microbiological Profile
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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>