Bilberry Extract

Bilberry has a long medicinal history in Europe. It has been used to treat anything from kidney stones to Typhoid fever.

Bilberry is also used in connection with vascular and blood disorders and shows positive effects when treating varicose veins, thrombosis, and angina

Bilberrys fruit contains flavonoids and anthocyanin,which serve to prevent capillary fragility, thin the blood.and stimulate the release of vasodilators

Anthocyanin, a natural antioxidant, also lowers blood pressure, reduces clotting and improves blood supply to the nervous system

Bilberry also contains glucoquinine that has the ability to lower blood sugar

Dried bilberry fruit and bilberry tea has been used as a treatment for diarrhea and as a relief for nausea and indigestion.

Bilberry is also used as a treatment for mild inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat.

Dark reddish to dark purple coloured hygroscopic powder.

Description :

Dark reddish to dark purple coloured hygroscopic powder

Identification :

By TLC

LOD ( % w/w) :

NMT 5%

Bulk Density :

0.4 – 0.6gm/ml

Total Ash :

NMT 5%

Heavy metals :

NMT 20 ppm

Lead :

NMT 3.0 PPM

Cadmium :

NMT 1.0 PPM

Arsenic :

NMT 1.0 PPM

Mercury :

NMT 0.1 PPM

Microbiological Analysis

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Total Plate Count :

3000 cfu/g

Yeast & Moulds :

100 cfu /g

Enterobacteriaceae :

Absent

E. coli :

Absent

Salmonella sp :

Absent

Staph. aureus :

Absent

Pseudomonas sp :

Absent

Method of Analysis :

By UV