Marigold extract 5% 10% 20% 50% 98% lutein and zeaxanthin

Marigold extract 5% 10% 20% 50% 98% lutein and zeaxanthin

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Description

Lutein from marigold Asteraceae Tagetes plants raised in a pigment widely used in food additives, also used as a medicinal pigment. Lutein is a widely found in vegetables, flowers, fruits and other plants in the natural material, living in “Class carrot category of” family matter, now known to exist in nature, 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.

 

Specification
Analysis Items	Specifications	Test Methods
Identification	Positive	TLC
Appearance & Color	Fine Orange red powder	Visual
Odor & Taste	Characteristic	Organoleptic
Mesh Size	NLT 90% through 80 mesh	80 Mesh Screen
Solubility	Partially soluble in hydro-alcoholic solution	Visual
Assay	NLT 20% Lutein	HPLC
Method of Extraction	Hydro-alcoholic	/
Extract Solvent	Grain alcohol/Water	/
Moisture Content	NMT 5.0%	5g / 105℃ / 2hrs
Ash Content	NMT 5.0%	2g / 525℃ / 3hrs
Heavy Metals	NMT 10ppm	Atomic Absorption
Arsenic (As)	NMT 1ppm	Atomic Absorption
Cadmium (Cd)	NMT 1ppm	Atomic Absorption
Mercury (Hg)	NMT 0.1ppm	Atomic Absorption
Lead (Pb)	NMT 3ppm	Atomic Absorption
Sterilization Method	High Temperature & High Pressure for short time (5” – 10”)
Total Plate Count	NMT 10,000cfu/g
Total Yeast & Mold	NMT 1,000cfu/g
E. Coli	Negative
Salmonella	Negative
Staphylococcus	Negative
Aflatoxins	0.2ppb

 

Application

Lutein has the characteristics, such as natural, nutrition and multifunction. It is extensively used in food, health products, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and feed additive.

(1)Applied in food field, it is mainly used as food additives for colorant and nutrient.

(2)Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is mainly used in vision care products to alleviate visual fatigue, reduce incidence of AMD, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), cataract, retinopathy, myopia, floaters, and glaucoma.

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Weight	1 kg

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