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Mangifera indica
     
     
Mangifera indica
   English Name: Mango
     
   English Name: Mango
     
   Part used: Bark
     
  Traditional Uses:
     
   
mango leaves were used to relieve the pain of scorpion stings and the unripe fruit to help heal a wide variety of skin eruptions, ranging from leprosy and sores to boils and cysts1. The inner bark is used for treating mouth sores; It is also used for lesions of the urinary-genital area. The pulp of the ripe fruit is used as a poultice for tender reasts and sore nipples.2 The mango bark is astringent, used in uterine haemorrhage, haemoptysis and haemorrhagic diarrhoea.3
 
       
  Phytochemistry 4:  
       
   
Protocatechuic acid, catechin, mangiferin, alanine, glycine, γ-aminobutyric acid, kinic acid, shikimic acid, tetracyclic triterpenoids
 
       
  Pharmacology:  
       
   
Mangifera indica has been reported to have anti diabetic5-7, antioxidant8-11, analgesic12, anti-inflammatory13, and antidiarrhoeal14 activities. It also possess antimicrobial, antiamoebic15, antiviral16, immunomodulatory17 and cardioprotective effects18.
 
       
  Indication: Blood sugar management, antioxidant, and weight loss management.  
  References:  
       
  1.  Colonel Sir R.N. Chopra, M.D., et al. Chopra's Indigenous Drugs of India. Calcutta: U.N. Dhur and  
     Sons Ltd. 1958.  
  2.  George Uhe. "Medicinal plants of Samoa." Economic Botany 28:8 January-March 1974.  
  3.  Satyavati GV and Ashok KG. 1987. Medicinal Plants of India, Indian council of medical research, New  
     Delhi. Vol.2.  
  4.  Paolo S and Ester S. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2000: 71: pp 22-43.  
  5.  Muruganandan S et al, Effect of mangiferin on hyperglycemia and atherogenicity in streptozotocin  
     diabetic rats, J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Mar 21; 97(3):497-501.  
  6.  Aderibigbe AO et al, Evaluation of the antidiabetic action of Mangifera indica in mice, Phytother Res.  
     2001, 15(5):456-8.  
  7.  Aderibigbe AO et al, Antihyperglycaemic effect of Mangifera indica in rat, Phytother Res. 1999 Sep;  
     13(6):504-7.  
  8.  Martínez G, Delgado R, Pérez G, et al. 2000. Evaluation of the in vitro antioxidant activity of  
     Mangifera indica L. extract (Vimang). Phytother Res 14: 424–427.  
  9.  Sánchez GM, Delgado R, Pérez G, et al. 2000a. Evaluation of the in vitro antioxidant activity of  
     Mangifera indica L. extract (Vimang). Phytother Res 14: 424–427.  
  10.  Sánchez GM, Re L, Giuliani A, et al. 2000b. Protective effects of Mangifera indica L. extract  
     mangiferin and selected antioxidants against TPA-induced biomolecules oxidation and peritoneal  
     macrophage activation in mice. Pharmacol Res 42: 565–573.  
  11.  Jagetia GC and Venkatesha VA. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2005 Jul; 46(1):12-21.  
  12.  Garrido G, Gon¸alez D, Delporte C, et al. 2001. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of Mangifera  
     indica L. extract (Vimang). Phytother Res 15: 18–21.  
  13.  Das PC, Das A, Mandal S. 1989. Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of the seed kernel of  
   Mangifera indica extract. Phytother Res LX: 235–240.
14.  Sairam K, Journal of Ethno pharmacology 84, 2003, 11-15.
15.  Leiro JM et al., Biochemical Pharmacology. 2003: 65: pp 1361–1371.
16.  Zhu XM, Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao. 1993 Sep; 14(5):452-4.
17.  Makare, et al, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78, 2001, 133-137.
 
18.  Prabhu et al, Vascul Pharmacol. 2006: 44(6): pp 519-525
   
Immunomodulatory.
   
  Anti-inflammatory
   
  Anti-diabetic
   
Kar, A Choudhary, B.K. and Bandyopadhyay, N.G. 1999. Preliminary studies on the inorganic constituents of some indigenous hypoglycaemic herbs on oral glucose tolerance test. J Ethnopharutacol 64: 179-184.
   
  Anti-allergic
   
Gupta, P.P., Srimal, R.C. and Tandon, J.S. 1993. Antiallergic activity of some traditional Indian medicinal plants. Int J Pharmacog 31: 15-18.
     
 

Anti-microbial

 

 
 
  DOC NO. :  NR/QCD/SPC/051
  ISSUE DATE :  02-04-2007
  REVISION NO. :  00  
ANALYTICAL SPECIFICATION   NUMBER OF PAGES :  01
    TITLE : MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT (³ 20% MANGIFERIN)
  Plant part :  Bark
  Fresh/Dry :  Dry

Sl. No.

Tests

Limits

Protocol

1.       

Description

Light brown to Dark brown powder

2.       

Identification

To pass the test

By TLC

3.       

Physico-chemical analysis

< 10.0

As per USP <921> Method II

Moisture (%w/w)

Ash content (%w/w)

< 5.0

As per USP <561>

Acid insoluble Ash (%w/w)

< 1.5

As per USP <561>

4.       

Particle Size

0.20 - 0.60

 

As per USP <616> Method - I

Bulk Density (g/cc)

Tapped bulk Density (g/cc)

0.20 - 0.80

Material passing through 30# BS/35 ASTM (%w/w)

> 99.0

As per USP <786> Particle Size distribution.

5.       

Heavy metal analysis

< 10 ppm

AAS / ICP -ES

Lead

Arsenic

< 2 ppm

Cadmium

< 1 ppm

Mercury

< 0.1 ppm

6.       

Microbiological analysis

< 10cfu 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

< 10org g-1

Total Fungal Count

< 10fs g-1

7.       

Test for Specific Pathogen

Absent

As per FIP Guidelines

E.coli (1g)

Salmonella Sp. (10g)

Absent

S.aureus (1g)

Absent

8.       

Mycotoxin analysis

< 5 ppb

As per USP Test for Aflatoxins

Aflatoxins (B1 + B2 + G1 + G2)

9.       

Residual solvent analysis

< 3000

As per USP

As per ICH Guidelines

Methanol (ppm)

10.   

Pesticide residue analysis

To comply with USP

As per AOAC / USP

As per USP & BP Limits

Organochlorine Pesticides

Organophosphorus Pesticides

Synthetic pyrethroids

11.   

Phytochemical analysis

> 20.0

 By HPLC

Mangiferin (%w/w)

             
 
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  ISSUE DATE :  02-04-2007
  REVISION NO. :  00  
ANALYTICAL SPECIFICATION   NUMBER OF PAGES :  01
     TITLE : MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT (³ 80% MANGIFERIN)
  Plant part :  Bark
  Fresh/Dry :  Dry

Sl. No.

Tests

Limits

Protocol

1.       

Description

Greenish yellow to Brownish yellow powder with characteristic odour

2.       

Identification

Positive for Mangiferin

By TLC

3.       

By HPLC

4.       

Physico-chemical analysis

< 5.0

As per USP <561>

Ash content (%w/w)

Acid insoluble Ash (%w/w)

< 1.5

5.       

Particle Size

0.20 - 0.80

 

As per USP <616> Method - I

Bulk Density (g/cc)

Tapped bulk Density (g/cc)

0.25 - 0.95

Material passing through 30# BS/35 ASTM (%w/w)

> 99.0

As per USP <786> Particle Size distribution.

6.       

Heavy metal analysis

< 10 ppm

AAS / ICP -ES

Lead

Arsenic

< 2 ppm

Cadmium

< 1 ppm

Mercury

< 0.1 ppm

7.       

Microbiological analysis

< 10cfu 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

< 10org g-1

Total Fungal Count

< 10fs g-1

8.       

Test for Specific Pathogen

Absent

As per FIP Guidelines

E.coli (1g)

Salmonella Sp. (10g)

Absent

S.aureus (1g)

Absent

9.       

Mycotoxin analysis

< 5 ppb

As per USP Test for Aflatoxins

Aflatoxins (B1 + B2 + G1 + G2)

10.   

Residual solvent analysis

< 3000

As per USP

As per ICH Guidelines

Methanol (ppm)

11.   

Pesticide residue analysis

To comply with USP

As per AOAC / USP

As per USP & BP Limits

Organochlorine Pesticides

Organophosphorus Pesticides

Synthetic pyrethroids

12.   

Phytochemical analysis

> 80.0

 By HPLC

Mangiferin (%w/w)

       
     
       
 
             
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