GARCINIA CAMBOGIA
Hydroxycitric Acid : 50%&60%
Plant Parts Used : Fruit Rind
Family : Clusiaceae
Common Name : Malabar Tamarind
Garcinia Cambogia which belongs to the family Clusiaceae is the most important species of Garcinia genus. It is a moderate sized tree grows in the western ghats of South India and forest of Nilgiris. Leaves dark glossy green, elliptic-obovate, opposite. Flowers orange-reddish. Fruit which is commercially important part, globular, brown - dark brown colored with deep vertical grooves. Seeds enclosed within the succulent resinous fruit
Chemical Constituents and Components : Main chemical constituents are tartaric acid, citric acid, phosphoric acid, two polyisoprenylated derivatives, camboginol and camdogin. Hydroxycitric acid inhibits the accumulation of fat as a result of consumption of carbohydrates and sugar, it activates the process of thermogenesis, It neutralizes the function of the enzyme ATP citrate lyase, thus lowers the fat and cholesterol accumulation, it increases serotonin level (a neurotransmitter) and reduces the appetite , it inhibits the lipid and fatty acid synthesis and lowers the synthesis of triglyserides and LDL and it promotes the glycogen storage in liver and muscles.
The fruits extracted and purified and converted desired salt like, Ca, K, & Na,at various concentrations
Therapeutic Applications
Specifications:
DESCRIPTION
Calcium Salt of (-) Hydroxycitric Acid in the form of Powder
IDENTIFICATION
Positive for (-) Hydroxycitric Acid by HPLC
COLOUR
Off-White
ODOUR &TASTE
Chalky Odour & Taste
LOSS ON DRYING
NMT 5%
BULK DENSITY (g/cc)
6.0 – 8.0
PARTICLE SIZE 30#
>99
MICRO BIOLOGICAL
TOTAL PLANT COUNT
NMT 5000 CFU/GM
YEAST & MOULD
NMT 500 CFU/GM
E.COLI
Absent
SALMONELLA
Heavy Metals
NIL
Assay
HCA CONTENT BY HPLC
Ca content by titration
NLT 50%,
NLT18%