Product name | Marigold Flower Extract |
Active ingredient | Lutein |
Part of plant used | Flower |
Speicification | Lutein : 5%,10%,20%,40%, 80% 90% by HPLC Zeaxanthin : 5% , 20% , 40% by HPLC |
Appearance | Orange fine powder |
COA of Marigold Flower Extract |
ITEMS | SPECIFICATION | RESULT |
Appearance | Orange powder | Complies |
Odor and taste | Characteristic | Complies |
Lutein content | ≥90.0% | 90.50% |
Zeaxanthin content | ≥1% | 1.28% |
Loss on drying | ≤5.0% | 3.12% |
Sulphated ash | ≤2.0% | 1.21% |
Solvent residuals(N-hexane) | ≤25mg/kg | Complies |
Heavy metal | ≤10ppm | Complies |
Arsenic | ≤1.0PPM | <0.2PPM |
Cadmium | ≤1.0PPM | <0.05PPM |
Lead | ≤1.0PPM | <0.1PPM |
Mercury | ≤0.1PPM | <0.02PPM |
Mesh size | 100% pass 80 mesh | Complies |
Microbiology |
Total plate count | ≤1000cfu/g | <1000cfu/g |
Yeast & Mould | ≤100cfu/g | <100cfu/g |
E.Coli | Absent | Absent |
Salmonella | Absent | Absent |
Conclusion | Conform with specification |
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Lutein is a carotenoid found in vegetables and fruits. Marigold flower is one of the main source of Lutein. More than 600 types of carotenoids, only about 20 species exist in the person's blood and tissues. In the human body found in carotenoids include d a-carotene, P 1 carrot category, cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene, and are not flavin. Medical experiments prove that the plant contains a natural lutein is an excellent anti-oxidant in food by adding a certain amount of lutein can prevent cellular senescence and aging body organs, but can also prevent age-related macular degeneration eye due to decreased vision and blindness, through a series of medical research, carotenoids have been proposed as cancer prevention agents, life-prolonging agent, ulcers resist agent, a heart attack and coronary artery disease resistance agent. At the same time, lutein can be used as feed additives for poultry meat and eggs for coloring, but also has been in the food industry as a coloring agent with the nutrition and health care.
Function of Marigold Flower Extract/Lutein
1. Lutein prevents cellular aging and body organ aging
2. Lutein prevent vision loss and blindness caused by corneal retinal degeneration.
3. Lutein Protect the retina
4. Lutein Improve cataract
5. Lutein can Prevention of glaucoma
6. Lutein has good effect for treating retinitis pigmentosa
7. Lutein Prevention of breast cancer
8. Lutein Improve heart disease.
