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Marigold Soft Extract

Specification for Marigold Soft Extract – 5% to 20%

  • Description :

  • Maroon colored viscous liquid with characteristic odour

  • Identification :

  • By TLC

  • Moisture Content :

  • NMT 3%

  • Heavy metals :

  • NMT 20 ppm

  • Lead :

  • NMT 3.0 PPM

  • Cadmium :

  • NMT 1.0 PPM

  • Arsenic :

  • NMT 1.0 PPM

  • Mercury :

  • NMT 0.1 PPM

  • Microbiological Analysis

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  • Total Plate Count :

  • 3000 cfu/g

  • Yeast & Moulds :

  • 100 cfu /g

  • Enterobacteriaceae :

  • Absent

  • E. coli :

  • Absent

  • Salmonella sp :

  • Absent

  • Staph. aureus :

  • Absent

  • Pseudomonas sp :

  • Absent

  • Method of Analysis :

  • BY UV / HPLC

General Information

  • Local Name :

  • Marigold Extract ( Tagetes erecta)

  • Part Used :

  • Dried flower meal

  • Active Principle :

  • A xanthophyll - Lutein esters

Health Benefits

  • Protects retina against light induced damage

  • Lower risk of cataract and age related macular degeneration (AMD)

  • Increased Lutein ester in serum after lutein supplementation

  • Antioxidant activity and radical scavenging activity

  • It has a proven role in the prevention of lung cancer

  • Intake of lutein esters reduces Esophageal, Cancer, colorectal cancer risk, Diabetes

Properties

  • Dark ornate coloured soft extract

  • Marigold soft extract is offered in Oleoresin form 5% to 20%, Powder from 5% to 10% and in beadlet form 5%, 10%