Echinacea Purpurea Extract

Introduction

Echinacea purpurea extract is widely used to prevent cold and relief syndrome in flu. It is also a new trending ingredient in animal feed as a antibiotic alternative to stimulate immunity and promote health. 

Echinacea is a traditional herbal medicine that originated from America. There are 3 kinds of major Echinacea plants listed in USP , that is Echinacea pallida, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia. Among them, Echinacea purpurea are the most widely used. The theraputic function proved by after comprehensive research   composition, pharmacology, drug analysis and  on preparations . It is a proved effective natural botanical medicine.

Herb supply 

Victarbio cooperates with farmers to plant nearly 1,000 mu of echinacea, and select materials from it. Every  and  Echinacea purpurea (short as EP) are havested around September with richest active ingredients to produce high quality extract . Since it is a perennial herb，the EP root is cut every three year.  Currenlty EP extract  from arial part is more popular rather than root because the root supply is limited

Production process

This is general process :

Herb from contracted plant farm>>cut and dry>> pulvrized>> extract>> contriguration>> fluid extract>>spray drying>> powder >> assay >>mix， pack and store. 

Active ingredients:

The active ingredient cichoric acid can block the virus binding receptors on the cell surface, thereby preventing the virus from entering healthy tissue cells. At the same time, polysaccharides can induce the production of interferon, interfere with the propagation of the virus in the cell, and protect healthy cells from virus attack.

COA 

1)Basic information:

Latin Name: Echinacea purpurea (Linn.) Moench

Echinacea Purpurea EP plant extract

Botanical Name: Echinacea Purpurea

Part Of Plant Used: arial part

Solvent For Extraction: Hydroalcoholic 10-20%

Ratio of Botanical To Native Extract: 4:1-5:1

2)Quality Data

Moisture: NMT 5% (2 hrs at 105℃)

Ash: NMT5%(2hrs at 600℃)

3) Safety Data

Storage: Cool, Dry Area, DO NOT FREEZE

Shelf Life: 24 Months Unopened

Application 

Echinacea purpurea extract  is widely used to prevent cold and relief syndrome in flu. It is also a new trending ingredient in animal feed as a antibiotic alternative to stimulate immunity and promote health. Suggest dosage for feed is 5kg cichoric acid per Mt.