Powdered Echinacea purpurea
» Powdered Echinacea purpurea is Echinacea purpurea Root reduced to a powder or very fine powder.
Packaging and storage— Preserve in well-closed, light-resistant containers.
Labeling— The label states the Latin binomial and, following the official name, the part of the plant from which the article was derived.
Botanic characteristics— Under a microscope, the following characteristics are observed: vessels (80 × 30 µm) with slanted end walls and spiral or pitted secondary walls; rectangular cork cells (150 × 60 µm) with brown inclusions; rectangular parenchymatous cells (120 × 30 µm), some pitted; elongated fiber cells having a narrow lumen with funnel-shaped end (20 to 40 µm wide); polygonal sclereids; a melanogenic layer of variable thickness, interspersed between the cell walls of the parenchyma; and lignified sclereids, vessels, and fibers. Starch is present; calcium oxalate and inulin crystals are absent.
Other requirements— It meets the requirements of the tests for Identification, Loss on drying, Total ash, Acid-insoluble ash, Pesticide residues, Heavy metals, Content of total phenols, and Content of alkamides under Echinacea purpurea Root.
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USP32–NF27 Page 1001
Pharmacopeial Forum: Volume No. 26(6) Page 1593
Chromatographic Column—
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.