| Analytical Items | Standard | ||
| Appearance | White to yellowish powder | ||
| Identification | HPLC | ||
| Loss on drying | ≤ 5.0 % | ||
| Sodium | ≤ 1.0% | ||
| pH | 2.0-4.0 | ||
| Heavy Metals (Pb) | ≤ 0.5PPm | ||
| As | ≤ 0.5PPm | ||
| Cd | ≤ 0.5PPm | ||
| Hg | ≤ 0.1PPm | ||
| Residual sulvent | Ethanol | ≤ 2.0% | |
| Mthanol | ≤ 1 .0% | ||
| Assay ( HPLC ) | 99.0%~101.0% | ||
| Microbial limit test | |||
| Total aerobicbacteria count | ≤ 100cfu/g | ||
| Mold and yeast count | ≤ 10cfu/g | ||
| Escherichia coli | Negative | ||
| Salmonella | Negative | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | Negative | ||