Astragalus Extracts

Place of Origin:	Jiangsu

Features:
1) Chinese name: Huang Qi
2) Latin name: Astragalus membranaceus
3) Source: this herb is the root of Astragalus membranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus
(Bge.) Hsiao or Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge (family Leguminosae). It is
produced mainly in Shanxi, Gansu, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia. It is dug in
spring or autumn, sliced, dried in the sun
4) Property: sweet in flavour, warm in property, acting on the spleen and lung
channels
5) Active ingredients: Astragalosides detected by HPLC

Specifications:
1) Content: Astragalosides 0.3%, 0.5%; polysaccharides 10%-90%
2) Appearance: fine powder
3) Color: yellow brown
4) Particle size: NLT 100% 80 mesh
5) Order: characteristic
6) Taste: characteristic
7) Moisture: 5% (max.)
8) Heavy metal: 10ppm (max.)
9) Pesticides: negative
10) Total plate count: 1,000cfu/g (max.)
11) Yeast / mould: 100cfu/g (max.)
12) E. coli: negative
13) Salmonella: negative
14) Pseudomonas aeruginosa: negative
15) Shelf life: 2 years while properly stored