|
Sl. No. |
Tests |
Limits |
Protocol |
| 1.
|
Description |
Light brown to Brown powder. |
| 2.
|
Solubility |
Soluble
in water |
1g
in 100 ml |
| 3.
|
Identification |
To
pass the test |
By HPLC |
| 4.
|
Physico-chemical
analysis |
<
9.0 |
As per USP <921>
Method III |
| Loss on drying (%w/w) |
| Ash content (%w/w) |
< 10.0 |
As per USP<561> |
| Acid insoluble Ash (%w/w) |
< 1.0 |
| pH of 5% w/v solution. |
2.5 – 3.8 |
As per USP<791> |
| Total soluble solids (%w/w) |
> 90.0 |
- |
| 5.
|
Particle
Size |
>
95.0 |
As
per USP <786>
Particle Size distribution.
|
| Material passing through
60# (%w/w) |
| 6.
|
Heavy
metal analysis |
< 10 ppm |
AAS / ICP –ES |
| Lead |
| Arsenic |
< 2 ppm |
| Cadmium |
< 1 ppm |
| Mercury |
< 0.1 ppm |
| 7.
|
Microbiological
analysis |
<
104 cfu g-1 |
As
per WHO/PHARMA/92.559/Rev.1
Pg.49-52 /
As per USP <61>
& <62> |
| As
per FIP Guidelines |
| Total Viable Aerobic Count |
| Total Enterobacteriaceae
|
<
102 org g-1 |
| Total Fungal Count |
<
102 fs g-1 |
| 8.
|
Test
for Specific Pathogen |
|
| As
per FIP Guidelines |
|
| E.coli (1g) |
Absent |
| Salmonella Sp. (10g) |
Absent |
| S.aureus (1g) |
Absent |
| 9.
|
Mycotoxin
anal ysis |
<
5 ppb |
As per USP
Test for Aflatoxins |
| Aflatoxins (B1 + B2
+ G1 + G2)
|
| 10. |
Pest icide residue
analysis |
To comply with
USP |
As per AOAC / USP |
| As per USP & BP Limits |
| Organochlorine Pesticides |
| Organophosphorus Pesticides |
| Synthetic pyrethroids |
| 11. |
Phytochemical analysis |
³ 25.0 |
By Spectrophotometry |
| Total Tannins as tannic acid (%w/w) |
| Gallic Acid (%w/w) |
³ 5.0 |
By HPLC |
| Vitamin C (% w/w) |
³ 0.5 |