Echinacea Purpurea Extract/Echinacea Extract/Chicoric Acid1%, Find details about Echinacea Purpurea, Extract from Echinacea Purpurea Extract/Echinacea Extract/Chicoric Acid1%
Overview
Echinacea is a North American Indian folk herbal medicine. The Comanche people use it for toothache and sore throat; the Sioux people use it for rabies, snake bites and sepsis. Echinacea has also been used for skin disinfection for hundreds of years. It has also been used historically to treat scarlet fever, syphilis, malaria and diphtheria. Use the above ground parts and roots and rhizomes for medicine.
Echinacea is an immunostimulant and immunomodulator that is widely valued by the international community. In 2014, echinacea extracts and preparations ranked third in the US herbal dietary supplement market, and its research has attracted much attention. Studies on pharmacologically active components of echinacea found that caffeic acid derivatives (chicoic acid, caffeotartaric acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, echinacoside, etc.) are an important class of active substances, which have enhanced immunity, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant And other effects. Among caffeic acid derivatives, chicoic acid is one of the most abundant and extremely important immune active ingredients.
Clinical application
Echinacea extract can be used to treat a variety of infections, especially chronic infections, such as drowsiness syndrome after viral infection; it can also treat frostbite, colds, flu, skin diseases and respiratory diseases. Mouthwash is effective in treating throat infections. The dosage forms of this product include capsules, elixirs, decoctions, tablets, gargles, etc., as well as compound preparations.
Certificate of Analysis
Analysis | Specification |
Assay | 10:1 Chicoric acid1% |
Apperance | Brown fine powder |
Odor | Characteristic |
Taste | Characteristic |
Particle Szie | 100% through 80 mesh |
Loss on drying | ≤5% |
Ash | ≤5% |
Heavy metal | ≤10ppm |
Extract Solvent | Water |
Pb | ≤1.5ppm |
As | ≤1.0ppm |
Hg | Negative |
Total bacteria count | ≤1000cfu/g |
Fungi | ≤100cfu/g |
Samonella | Negative |
E. Coli | Negative |