RD Health Ingredients offer Top Quality Usnic Acid lichen usnea extract
Product Description
1. Usnic Acid & Usnic Acid Sodium (GL-UA)
2. CAS Number: 7562- 61-0
3. Synonym: 2, 6- diacetyl- 1, 2, 3, 9b- tetrahydro- 7, 9- dihydroxy- 8, 9b- dimethyldibenzofuran- 1, 3- dione
4. Origin: Usnea
5. Molecular Formula: C18H16O7
6. Molecular Weight: 344.32
7. Appearance: Yellow crystalline substance
8. Purity by HPLC: Minimum 98%
9. Solubility: Clear colorless solution at 0.1Mg/Ml in cool water
10.Test Item: Appearance, Solubility, Loss on drying, Ash, Assay, Solvent Residual, Pesticide Residual, Heavy Metals, Microbiological.
11. Usnic acid is extracted from Usnea, Usnea, also known as old man's beard, is not a plant but a lichen_a symbiotic relationship between an algae and a fungus. The entire lichen is used medicinally. Usnea looks like long, fuzzy strings hanging from trees in the forests.