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Bacopa Extract


PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT
Product Name BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT 50%
Botanical Name BacopaMonnieri
Plant part Whole Herb
Standardization Bacosides
S. No. Parameters Specification Method
Physical
1 Description Light Brown color dry powder with characteristic odor Visual/ Organoleptic
2 Identification To comply by HPLC KVN/QC/STP-IN/022
3 Loss on drying NMT 5.0% w/w USP <731>
4 Residue on Ignition NMT 10.0% USP <281>
5 Loose Bulk density 0.4-0.8 g/ml USP <616>
6 Tapped Bulk density 0.6-1.1 g/ml USP <616>
Sieve test (passes through)
7
# 40 mesh NLT 95.0%w/w
# 60 mesh NLT 85.0%w/w
USP <786>
Chemical
8 Assay By HPLC Content of Total Bacosides
NLT 50.0% w/w on dry basis

KVN/QC/STP- IN/022
9 Assay by UV-VIS Content of Total Bacosides
NLT 75.0% w/w on dry basis

KVN/QC/STP- UV/011
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>