ABSTRACT
Alkali extract: (20 minutes boiling in 1 N NaOH and filtration) Uniform in chromatography Crocetin not detectable
Uniform in chromatography
Hydrochloric acid extract: (boiling for 35 minutes on 0.5 N HCI, filtration, drying and ashing) Antimony: Soluble Barium compounds: Selenium: Mercury: (both in a 0.5 N HCI extract)
Maximum 1% Maximum 0.5% Maximum 20 mg/kg Maximum 1% Maximum 1%
Maximum 200 mg/kg Clear Maximum 1%
Maximum 0.1%
Maximum 0.5%
Maximum 0.5% Maximum 200 mg/kg
Maximum 10% Maximum 1%
Colorless
Maximum 0.35%
Maximum 100 mg/kg Maximum 5 mg/kg Maximum 2 mg/kg Maximum 1 mg/kg
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