Lonicera japonica Flower Powder

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried flower buds or dried flowers in the early opening stage of Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Family Caprifoliaceae), collected before full flowering, reduced to a fine or very fine powder. It contains NLT 3.8% of caffeoylquinic acids, calculated as the sum of chlorogenic acid, 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid, and 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid on the dried basis; and NLT 0.80% of iridoids, calculated as the sum of sweroside, secoxyloganin, and centauroside on the dried basis.

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

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