Bitter Gourd Extract Powder Charantin Bitter Melon Extract Saponins

• Certification: ISO, FDA, HACCP, Kosher,Halal
• Assay Method: HPLC, UV
• Application Form: Tablet, Capsule
• Application: Health Care Products, Medicine
• State: Powder
• Botanical Source: Momordica Charantia Linn
• Model NO.: Standard Extract
• Plant Parts Used: Fruit, 100% Natural
• Appearance: Fine Yellowish Brown Powder
• Solubility: Soluble in Ethanol & Water Solution
• Sample: Available
• Odor & Taste: Characteristic, Bitter
• Specification 1: Charantin 5% 10%-50%
• Specification 2: 4:1, 10:1, Fruit Powder
• Transport Package: in Fiber Drum, LDPE Bag Inside. 25kgs/Drum.
• Specification: Saponins 3%-10%
• Trademark: Kingherbs
• Origin: China
• HS Code: 2938909090
• Production Capacity: 1000kg/Week

Product Description

Bitter Melon Extract

Product Name: Bitter Melon Extract                     
Botanical Source: Momordica Charantia Linn.  
CAS  No.: 90063-94-8                  
Part used: Fruit
Appearance: Fine yellowish brown powder
Specification: Charantin 5%-50%; Saponins 6%-20%
                         Fruit Powder                        
Solubility: Soluble in Ethanol & Water solution



The plant Momordica charantia belongs to the family cucuritaceae and is commonly known as bitter melon.  Bitter melon grows in tropical and subtropic areas, including parts of East Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. It produces beautiful flowers and prickly fruit .The fruit of this plant lives up to its name-it tastes bitter. Although the seeds, leaves, and vines of bitter melon have all been used, the fruit is the safest and most prevalent part of the plant used medicinally. The juice of the leaves and fruit or seeds is used as an anthelmintic. In Brazil, the dose for anthelmintic use is two or three seeds. The immature fruit of M.charantia tastes bitter due to the cucurbitacius. Cucurbitacius is comprised of a group of triterpenes including momordicosides, A-E, K, L, and momardicius I, II and III. The roots and fruit are used as an abortifacient.



1. Bitter melon extract has been used to combat cancer, asthma, various skin infections, diabetes, GI disorders, and the common cold.
2.Preventing and improving diabetes complication ;
3.regulating blood fats and reinforce;
4.Supporting healthy blood sugar levels and blood pressure
5.Bitter melon extract is also used to fight diabetes, and as an anti-viral to HIV.
6.Bitter melon extract helps increase production of beta cells by the pancreas, repair beta cells, and stimulate restoring function of pancreas.
7. The bitter melon, containing the balsam pear multi-peptide class material, can lower blood sugar fast, prevent and improve diabetes' complication, regulate blood fats, and reinforce immunity.

Applications:
1. Applied in food industry, bitter melon extract powder is mainly used as food additives.
2. Applied in health product, It is mainly used as capsules or pills.
3. Bitter melon's Vitamin C content is very high. It has functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane and so on. It can prevent atherosclerosis, sharpen organism stress, and protect the heart.
4. The effective component in the bitter melon may suppress normal cell's cancer and the promotion sudden change cell's restoration, has certain antitumor effect.

COA

Product Name		Bittermelon Extract	Batch Number		BME-220320
Botanical Source		Fructus Momordicae Charantiae L	Batch Quantity		1000kgs
Plant Part Used		Fruit,100% Natural	Country of Origin		China
Extract type		Standard Extract	Active Ingredient Markers		Charantin
Analysis Items		Specifications	Results		Methods used
Appearance		Fine brown yellow powder	Conforms		Visual test
Odor & Taste		Characteristic, bitter	Conforms		Organoleptic test
Bulk Density		45-55g/100ml	Conforms		ASTM D1895B
Particle Size		98% through 80 mesh	Conforms		AOAC 973.03
Solubility		Soluble water solution	Conforms		Visual
Assay		NLT 10% Charantin	10.12%		UV-VIS
Loss on Drying		NMT 5.0%	3.35%		USP
Ash Content		NMT 5.0%	3.42%		2g /525ºC /3hrs
Extract Solvents		Water & Ethanol	Conforms		/
Solvent Residues		NMT 0.05%	Conforms		GC
Heavy Metals		NMT 10ppm	Conforms		Atomic absorption
Arsenic (As)		NMT 2ppm	Conforms		Atomic absorption
Lead (Pb)		NMT 2ppm	Conforms		Atomic absorption
Cadmium (Cd)		NMT 1ppm	Conforms		Atomic absorption
Mercury (Hg)		NMT 1ppm	Conforms		Atomic absorption
666		NMT 0.1ppm	Conforms		USP-GC
DDT		NMT 0.5ppm	Conforms		USP-GC
Sterilization Method		High temperature & pressure for a short time of 5~10 seconds
Microbiological Data		Total Plate Count < 10,000 cfu/g	<1000cfu/g		GB 4789.2
		Total Yeast & Mold < 1,000 cfu/g	<100cfu/g		GB 4789.15
		E. Coli to be absent	Absent		GB 4789.3
		Staphylococcus to be absent	Absent		GB 4789.10
		Salmonella to be absent	Absent		GB 4789.4
Packing and Storage		Packed in fiber drum, LDPE bag inside. Net weight: 25kgs/drum.
		Keep tightly sealed, store away from moisture, strong heat and sunlight.
Shelf Life		2 years if sealed and stored in the recommended conditions.