Hawthorn Extract
Botanical Source: Crataegus oxycantha Medicus
Plant Part Used: Leaf or Fruit, 100% Natural
Appearance: Fine brown powder
Extraction Solvent: Water and Grain Alcohol
Analysis Items |
Specifications |
Results |
Methods used |
Appearance |
Fine brown powder |
Conforms |
Visual test |
Odor & Taste |
Characteristic |
Conforms |
Organoleptic test |
Bulk Density |
45-55g/100ml |
Conforms |
ASTM D1895B |
Mesh Size |
NLT 98% pass through 80 mesh sieve |
Conforms |
AOAC 973.03 |
Solubility |
Soluble in Water & Alcohol solution |
Conforms |
Visual |
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Assay |
NLT 3% Vitexin |
3.19% |
HPLC |
Loss On Drying |
NMT 5.0% |
3.07% |
5g /105ºC /2hrs |
Ash Content |
NMT 10.0% |
3.25% |
2g /525ºC /3hrs |
Extraction Solvent |
Water and Grain Alcohol |
Conforms |
/ |
Solvent Residues |
NMT 0.05% |
Negative |
GC |
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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 0.1ppm |
Conforms |
Atomic Absorption |
Introduction:
Hawthorn contains a variety of organic acids such as maslinic acid, sour and sweet, and contains lipolytic enzymes. After entering the stomach, it can enhance the function of enzymes, promote the digestion of meat, and help convert cholesterol. People who are full, eat some hawthorn, hawthorn slices, hawthorn water or hawthorn pills, etc., all of them can digest food. It is a key food for the elderly. Hawthorn can also benefit bile and promote the secretion of gastric juice. Hawthorn leaves, because hawthorn is rich in a variety of organic acids, can maintain the vitamin C in hawthorn, and it will not be damaged even under heating. Therefore, after making hawthorn cakes and other products, vitamin C can still be preserved.
Functions:
1. Hawthorn flavonoids can promote fat digestion and increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes to promote digestion. Hawthorn flavonoids have a certain adjustment effect on gastrointestinal function.
2. It can expand coronary arteries, increase coronary flow, and protect myocardial ischemia and hypoxia; it can strengthen the heart, lower blood pressure and resist arrhythmia; hawthorn flavonoids also lower blood lipids, resist atherosclerosis, and reduce serum cholesterol and triesters. , increases the excretion of cholesterol by increasing the concentration of high-density cholesterol and its subcomponents in serum.