SALACIA OBLONGA / RETICULATA
Salacia Oblonga is a perennial woody climbing vine native to India and SriLanka. It is a member of the Celastaceae family . It has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine for the oral treatment of diabetes
S.oblonga is a woody, climbing vine that grows wild in India and Sri Lanka. Ayurvedic ancient texts of the Indian traditional health care system, describe the use of Salacia plant to maintain blood sugar. Traditionally, Salacia is ingested as an herbal tea, in which, a tea bag of the herbal mixture is steeped in boiling water and ingested using a formula passed on in an oral tradition to members of the family of the Ayurvedic practitioners.
The roots of S.oblonga have been extensively used as a specific remedy for the initial stages of diabetes mellitus in the Ayurvedic system. It has also been used extensively as a dietary supplement.
In recent years, the use of S.oblonga extract as a dietary supplement has gained popularity in Western countries, including the United States and Japan
Table 1. Specifications of S. oblonga extract*
Test Parameter
Specification
Assay method
Description
Light brown to Brown powder
Visual
Identification by HPLC
Mangiferin 1%
HPLC
Loss on drying (w/w)
< 5%
USP32
Ash content (w/w)
< 20%
As per USP <561>
Acid soluble ash (w/w)
< 3%
pH of 5% (w/vol) solution
4.5-7.5
As per USP <791>
Bulk Density (g/cc)
0.20 – 0.60
As per USP <616> Method – I
Tapped bulk density (g/cc)
0.25 – 0.80
Material passing through 40# BS/35 ASTM (%w/w)
> 99.0
As per USP <786> Particle Size distribution.
Bioassays
Assay: Mangiferin
Saponins
NLT 1.0%
NLT 20%
Heavy metals
Lead
< 1 ppm
Arsenic
Mercury
< 0.5 ppm
Cadmium
Microbiological assays
Total plate count
< 1000 cfu/g
AOAC, BAM
Total fungal count
< 100 cfu/g
Total Enterobacteriaceae
Escheriachiacoli
Negative (cfu/1 g)
Staphylococcus aureus
Salmonella
Negative (cfu/10 g)
Pesticide residues
Organochlorine
To comply with USP
As per AOAC/USP
Organophosphorus
Synthetic pyrethroids
Aflatoxins (B1+B2+G1+G2)
<0.5 µg/kg
As per USP test for Aflatoxins
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