Ashwagandha Root & Leaf Extract (Standardized 1.5%)

Manufacturing

1. Ashwagandha roots and leaves are carefully harvested from mature plants with optimal potency and quality.
2. The harvested roots and leaves undergo thorough cleaning and sorting to remove any impurities or foreign particles.
3. The cleaned roots and leaves are subjected to a meticulous extraction process, often using methods like solvent extraction or CO2 extraction to yield a concentrated extract.
4. The extracted solution is then standardized to ensure a consistent potency of 1.5% withanolides, the active compounds responsible for Ashwagandha's benefits.
5. Filtration techniques are employed to remove any remaining impurities and ensure a pure extract free from contaminants.
6. The standardized extract is carefully dried to the desired moisture content and then packaged in suitable containers to preserve its freshness and efficacy. Quality control measures are implemented throughout the manufacturing process to meet stringent standards and deliver a premium product.

Applications

• In complementary and alternative medicine, Withania somnifera is a wonder drug.
• Roots are rich in different bioactive components, such as withanolides and withaferin A.
• Numerous applications of ethnomedicine in the Indian subcontinent.
• The plant's traditional uses suggest that it has healing qualities for a wide range of human illnesses.

Source

Botanical Specifications

Withania somnifera is a short, delicate, woody, xerophytic, perineal, evergreen shrub that reaches heights of approximately 2 m and widths of 1 m. It has tomentose branches that radiate outward from a central stem and are covered in short, fine, silver-gray hairs. The prostate to erect stems are brownish. The leaves are arranged in an alternating pattern (against flowering shoots), with dense hair beneath and nearly hairless on top. It features small, green, bell-shaped flowers and dulled, simple, glabrous, green elliptic leaves.