Icariin Epimedium Extract

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Icariin Epimedium Extract

Product Description:

Herba epimedii (Epimedium, also called bishop's hat, horny goat weed or yin yang huo), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used as a kidney tonic and antirheumatic medicine for thousands of years. 

It is a genus of about 60 flowering herbs, cultivated as a ground cover plant and an aphrodisiac. The bioactive components in herba epimedium are mainly prenylated flavonol glycosides, end-products of the flavonoid pathway. 

Epimedium species are also used as garden plants due to the colorful flowers and leaves. Most of them bloom in the early spring, and the leaves of some species change colors in the fall, while other species retain their leaves year round.Icraiin insoluble in water,and insoluble in ether,benzene,chloroform.Reaction with ferricchloride green,hydrochloric magnesium powder,epimedium extract icariin action was orange and red.

Application:

1.Epimedium has been used to treat male erectile dysfunction in Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries. The main functions of Epimedium brevicornum in ancient Chinese books focused on the nourishment of kidney viscera and reinforcement of ‘yang’, resulting in the restoration of erectile function in males.

2.Epimedium contains chemicals which might help increase blood flow and improve sexual function. It also contains phytoestrogens, chemicals that act somewhat like the female hormone estrogen that might reduce bone loss in postmenopausal women.

3.Widely used in pharmaceutica.health food production.

Main Function:

1.Improve sexual functions of male such as cure impotence, prospermia,barrenness,frigidity etc.
2.Cure menopause high blood pressure
3.Strengthen internal secretion, anti-aging
4.Anti-cancer 

Specifiction:

Item		Spec.		Result
Identify		TLC		Conforms
Appearance		Brown Yellow Powder		Conforms
Particle size		100% Through 80Mesh		Conforms
Loss on Drying		=5.0%		3.40%
Ash content		=5%		3.12%
Heavy Metal		=10ppm		Conforms
Pb		=1ppm		Conforms
As		=1ppm		Conforms
GMO Free		Conforms		Conforms
Pesticide Residue		=2ppm		Negative
Total Plate Count		<1000cfu/g		Conforms
Yeast  & Mold		<100cfu/g		Conforms
E.Coli		Negative		Conforms
Salmonella		Negative		Conforms
Assay(Icariin)		=98%(HPLC)		98.12%