Lonicera japonica Flower Powder

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried flower buds or in early opening flowers of Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Family Caprifoliaceae), collected before flowering in early summer, 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; NLT 0.80% of iridoids, calculated as the sum of sweroside, secoxyloganin and centauroside, all calculated on the dried basis. 

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