Terminalia chebula Fruit Dry Extract

DEFINITION

The extract is prepared from the dried fruit of Terminalia chebula Retz. (Family Combretaceae) by extraction with hydroalcoholic mixtures. It contains NLT 90% and NMT 110% of the labeled amount of hydrolyzable tannins calculated as the sum of chebulagic acid and chebulinic acid, on the dried basis.

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

Terminalia citrine

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST

Hydrolyzable tannins: Chebulagic acid and chebulinic acid

Triterpene: Arjungenin

IDENTIFICATION

• A. Thin-Layer Chromatography