CHIRATA
- CAS No.
- Chemical Name:
- CHIRATA
- Synonyms
- CHIRATA
- CBNumber:
- CB51438849
- Molecular Formula:
- Molecular Weight:
- 0
- MDL Number:
- MOL File:
- Mol file
CHIRATA Chemical Properties,Uses,Production
Chemical Properties
Chirata is an annual herbaceous plant native to the Himalayas, but also grown in South Africa. It is about 60 to 70 cm high with a thick, branched stalk, small opposite leaves, and flowering tops. The whole plant is used with small portions of root. Chirata has a bitter, tonic taste. Other Swerita species are sometimes used as adulterants. Xanthones are the active principles of chirata. Average maximum levels of herb use in alcoholic beverages is 0.0016% and nonalcoholic beverages is 0.0008%.
Essential oil composition
Bitter secoiridoid glycosides, such as swertiamarin (ca. 0.4%), gentiopikroside (trace amounts to 0.45% in crude drug and sweroside) and the much bitterer biphenylcarboxylic acid esters of sweroside and swertiamarine (CoE, 2000).
CHIRATA Preparation Products And Raw materials
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Preparation Products
CHIRATA