Forsythia suspensa Fruit Powder

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried fruit of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl. (Family Oleaceae), reduced to powder or very fine powder. It contains NLT 2.4% of total lignans calculated as the sum of forsythiaside, lariciresinol, and phillyrin, on the dried basis.

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

None known

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST

Lignans: Forsythiaside, phillyrin, phillygenin, pinoresinol, lariciresinol

IDENTIFICATION

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