Total heavy metal NMT 10 ppm

Heavy Metal- Total heavy metal NMT 10 ppm

Arsenic – NMT 1 ppm

Lead- NMT 0.3 ppm

Cadmium – NMT 0.2 ppm

Mercury – NMT 0.1 ppm

Microbial Profile –

Total Plate Count NMT 1000 CFU/G

Yeast & Moulds NMT 100 CFU/G

E-Coli Absent

Salmonella Absent

Staphylococcus aureus Absent/G

Pseudomonas Absent/G

Chemical

Chemical (Phyto Active) - Achyranthes Aspera contains triterpenoid saponins which possess oleanolic acid as the aglycone. Ecdysterone, an insect molting hormone, and long-chain alcohols are also found in Achyranthes aspera. A phytoecdysteroid 20-Hydroxyecdysone (ecdysterone or 20E) has been isolated from the methanolic extract of roots of Achyranthes Aspera 21. An aliphatic acid n-hexacos-14- enoic acid is obtained from the ethanolic extracts of roots 22. Some other compounds like strigmasta-5, 22-dien-3-E-ol, trans-13-docasenoic acid, n-hexacosanyl n-decaniate, n-hexacos-17-enoic acid, and n-hexacos-11- enoic acid are also isolated from the root. Phytosterol strigmasta-5, 22-dien-3- E-ol is isolated from petroleum ether: benzene (75:25) elute as a colorless crystalline mass. It responds positively to the Liebermann Burchard test for sterols. Oleanolic acid (0.54%) is found in Achyranthes Aspera root extracts.

Special Information

References:-

Flowers of India

Flora of North America

"Achyranthes aspera". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2018-01-02.

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