Pomegranate Extract Powder

Product name

Pomegranate extract

Botanical name

Punica Granatum L

Plant parts used

Peel

Active ingredient

ellagic acid 40%

Tested Parameters

Specifications

A.      Physical Parameters

1.       Description

Brown powder

2.       Identification

By HPLC

3.       Odour & Taste

Characteristic& Taste

4.       Loss on Drying

NMT 5%

5.       Mesh size

100% passes through 80 mesh

6.       Ash content

NMT 5%

B.     Chemical Parameters

        1.   Heavy Metal

NMT 20ppm

C.  Active ingredient - Assay

          Ellagic acid By HPLC

Up to 40 % w/w on dry basis

D. Pesticide Residue

        1.  Acephate

NMT 0.1ppm

        2.  Methamidophos

NMT 0.1ppm

        3. Parathion

NMT 0.1ppm

        4. PCNB

NMT 0.1ppm

E.    Microbiological Tests

1.       Total  Aerobic Plate Count

NMT 10000Cfu/gm

2.       Total Yeast & Mold

NMT 100Cfu/gm

3.       E. coli 

Absent

4.       Salmonella 

Absent

5.       S. aureus

Absent