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The following are the specifications for the Tongkat Ali 1:50 extract used in our test series.
Report No: 1-030701
Date: July 1, 2003
Product name: Tongkat Ali 1:50 Extract
Produced by: UD Sumatra Pasak Bumi, Medan (Indonesia)
Ingredients: 100 % Tongkat Ali extract
Scientific name: Eurycoma longifolia jack
Part of plant used: roots only
Country of origin: Indonesia
Area of origin: Northern Sumatra
Extract strength: 50 parts of root to 1 part of root extract
Recommended dosage: 100 mg to 1000 mg
Medium of extraction: water
Active ingredients: quassinoids: eurycomanone, eurycomanol, eurycomalactone; various canthine-6-one alkaloids
Appearance: fine powder
Mesh size: 80
Color: dark brown
Odor: characteristic
Taste: very bitter
Solubility: 98 percent in water or alcohol
Water content: less than 2 percent
Ash content: less than 3 percent
Sterilization method: heat
Packaging: plastic bags
Microbiological profile
Total plate count per gram:
Yeasts and molds: NMT 100cfu / gram
Salmonella in 10 gram: undetected
E. coli in 10 gram: undetected
Staphylococcus in 10 gram: undetected
Heavy metals
Cadmium (Cd): undetectable (visible spectrophotometer)
Lead (Pb): 0.08 ppm (visible spectrophotometer)
Arsenic (As): undetectable (visible spectrophotometer)
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