Saw Palmetto Extract
The finished product for both types of 85-95% extract will meet the standards of the following specification sheet, which is the standard in the saw palmetto industry.
Parameter Specification
Manufacture:
| Stock plant |
Serenoa repens |
| Used part of plant |
fruit |
| Ratio native dried fruit: lipophilic contents |
10 : 1 (8.3-12.5%) |
Raw material:
| Description |
dark-brown, oily liquid |
| Odor |
intensive and specific |
| Taste |
characteristic aromatic |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water, miscible with fatty oils and fat-soluble organic solvents |
| Relative density |
0.900 (0.890 - 0.9100) |
Identity:
| Identity Sterole total (fingerprint) |
Identity Fatty acids (fingerprint) |
| positive |
positive |
Ratio native dried fruit:
lipophilic contents |
10 : 1 (8.3-12.5%) |
Assay / Phytosterole::
| Campesterol |
0.01 - 0.1% |
| Stigmasterol |
0.01 - 0.1% |
| ß-Sitosterol |
0.1 - 0.4% |
| Sterole total |
0> 0.15% |
Assay / Fatty acids:
| Caprylic acid |
1.0 - 3.0% |
| Capric acid |
1.0 - 3.0% |
| Lauric acid |
25.0 - 32.0% |
| Myristic acid |
10.0 - 15.0% |
| Palmitic acid |
7.0 - 11.0% |
| Stearic acid |
1.0 - 2.0% |
| Oleic acid |
26.0 - 35.0% |
| cis-Linoleic acid |
3.0 - 5.0% |
| Linolenic acid |
0.5 - 1.5% |
| Fatty Acid Total |
> 85-95% |
Purity:
| Water content |
< 1.0 % |
| Peroxide value |
< 2 |
| Assay ethanol |
< 1.0 % |