| ≥1 piece |
Test Item | Standard | Result | |
Appearance | White to off-white crystalline powder | White to off-white crystalline powder | |
Odor | Odorless | Odorless | |
Assay, on dry basis w/% | ≥99.0 | 99.0 | |
Water Content w/% | ≤0.3 | 0.12 | |
Reducing Sugars w/% | ≤0.1 | 0.02 | |
Residue on ignition w/% | ≤0.1 | 0.02 | |
Specific optical rotation ° | +105.5~+108.5 | +107.52 | |
Lead mg/kg | ≤0.5 | <0.5 | |
Nickel mg/kg | ≤1.0 | <1 | |
Arsenic mg/kg | ≤0.5 | <0.5 | |
Sulfate mg/kg | ≤100 | <100 | |
Chloride mg/kg | ≤50 | <50 | |
Heavy metal, as Pb mg/kg | ≤5 | <5 | |
Melting point | 148.0-151.0 | 149.9 | |
Aerobic plate count CFU/g | ≤100 | <10 | |
Yeasts CFU/g | ≤10 | <10 | |
Moulds CFU/g | ≤10 | <10 | |
Escherichia coli | <3.0 | <3.0 | |
Salmonella | Absent in 25g | Negative | |
Particle Size | 95% Min passes through 600Mic.(No.30mesh) | ||