【Product Name】: Ajuga Turkestanica Extract     

【Botanical Name】: Ajuga turkestanica

【Part used】: Whole Herb

【Appearance】: Brownish Yellow powder

【Specification】: 4：1  10：1 / Regular Powder / Turkesterone 2%

【Storage Period】: 24 Months

【Package】: 1kg/bag 25kg/drum

【Test Method】: HPLC

【Storage Conditions】: Store in cool and dry places. Keep away from strong light and heat.

Description

Annual herb, 10 to 30 cm high. The stem base is oblique or creeping, the upper part is upright, multi-branched, quadrangular, slightly purple, and the whole plant is densely covered with white pilose. Single leaf opposite, stalked, ovate or oblong, 4 to 11 cm long, 1 to 3 cm disc, apex rounded or shortly pointed, base gradually narrowed and extended, with wavy coarse teeth on the edge, and the lower part of the leaf The margin is often purple with pubescent hair on both sides. The flower wheel has several flowers, axillary or clustered into multiple spikes at the top of the branch, the calyx is bell-shaped, 5-lobed, the corolla is lip-shaped, lilac or white, the lower lip of the corolla is about twice the length of the upper lip, and the stamens are 4, two Strong, the upper ovary. The nuts are gray-yellow, with reticulated wrinkles. Flowering in late spring and early summer.

Chemical CompositionIt mainly contains ecdysterone, acetyl harpaside, calcistanone, agustosterone B and C, agustolactone, austenose, flavonoid glycosides, saponins and alkaloids.