Pine Bark P.E.

Pine Bark P.E.

【Plant Origin】：The dried bark of a pine tree masson. Its bark is brown, and it breaks off into thin pieces of tortoise shell. Branches grow from two to several rounds a year, and annual branches are light brown or yellow. It was born at an altitude of 600~1600m in mountainous areas, wide valleys and basins. It is distributed in sichuan, yunnan and other places.

【Production Specification】：Procyanidins：95%   

                             Polyphenols：40%

【Main ingredients】： Contains procyanidins, polyphenols, etc. Proanthocyanidin is a combination of different amounts of catechin or epicatechin.

【Technical indicators】

1. Appearance: Red Brown Powder；

2. Total ash content≤5%，acid insoluble ash≤2.0%；3. Dry weight loss≤5.0%；

4. Heavy metal≤10ppm（Pb≤2ppm，Hg≤1ppm，Cd≤0.5ppm，As≤2ppm）；

5. Microorganism (non-irradiation)：Total Plate Count≤5000CFU/g；Total Yeast&Mold ≤500CFU/g；Salmonella：Negative；Coliform：Negative。

【Detection method】

1. Uv spectrophotometry.

2. TLC identification.

Spot 1: pine bark material.

Spot 2: pine bark extract.

Spot 3: peanut clothing extract (often added to the market to improve OPC content)

The TLC test results show that the pine bark extract of our company does not havea peanut coat, which is a natural product from pine bark. Its quality is obviously higher than that of the market.