Mangifera indica Bark Powder

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried bark of Mangifera indica L. (Family Anacardiaceae) reduced to a fine or very fine powder. It contains NLT 2.5% of mangiferin, calculated on the dried basis.

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

None known

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST

Xanthone: Mangiferin and isomangiferin

Triterpenes: Cycloart-24-en-3β,26-diol

Phenolic acid: Protocatechuic acid

IDENTIFICATION

• A. Botanical Characteristics

Macroscopic: Powder of bark is brown in color and shows fragments of cork cells in surface and sectional view.

Microscopic:...