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What is Ashwagandha Root Extract Powder

Ashwagandha Root Extract Powder is a premium ancient botanical ingredient renowned for its long-term bodily and mental wellness-supporting properties. Botanically named Withania somnifera, it is sourced from a small yellow-flowered shrub indigenous to India. This extract features high concentrations of withanolides, the core bioactive constituents responsible for supporting the body’s mental and physical comfort during stressful conditions.

FUNCTION

Stress & Anxiety Relief

As a natural adaptogen, this botanical ingredient helps support balanced cortisol status in the human body, eases persistent stress, mental tension and emotional unease. It contributes to steady mood, alleviates mild anxious feelings, and supports a healthy overall mental condition for individuals enduring long-term occupational and life pressure.

Energy & Vitality Enhancement

This botanical ingredient helps ease physical fatigue and lessens feelings of exhaustion brought on by prolonged work, physical activity and irregular rest schedules. It supports physical stamina, promotes healthy bodily vitality, and assists the body in maintaining consistent energetic wellness throughout the day.

Cognitive Health Support

Rich in active withanolides and natural antioxidants, this extract helps safeguard neural cells against oxidative stress. It supports healthy memory performance, focused attention and mental clarity, and helps maintain stable cognitive status with age. It is well-suited for office workers, students, and elderly groups for daily wellness care.

Immune System Modulation

Its natural bioactive constituents help support balanced immune response and sustain the body’s natural tolerance to external microbial challenges. It aids the body’s inherent resilience, supports favorable daily wellness status, and contributes to sustained long-term bodily wellness.

Application

Dietary Supplements

Widely formulated into capsules, tablets, bulk blended powders, sachets and compound botanical supplements. As a core raw material, it is commonly adopted in wellness formulas targeting stress comfort, rest support, immune balance and stamina maintenance.

Functional Health Products

It can be incorporated into adaptogenic beverages, botanical tea sachets, bottled functional drinks, sparkling beverages and plant-based drinks. It brings natural wellness attributes without altering the original flavor profile of finished beverages.

Food & Beverage

It is widely formulated into pre-workout supplements, post-exercise recovery blends, energy beverages and fitness nutrition formulas. It helps ease exercise-related fatigue, supports healthy athletic endurance, and favors gradual bodily recuperation after intensive physical training.

Traditional Herbal Formulations

It serves as a staple botanical ingredient for Ayurveda formulations, compound botanical blends and traditional wellness recipes, earning broad recognition within herbal markets across Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas.

COA

ITEMS	SPECIFICATION	RESULT	METHOD
Content (on the dried basis)	Withanolides ≥2.5%	3.29%	Gravimetry
Identification	Correspond to standard	Conform	TLC \|\| USP

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Odor	Characteristic	Conform	Organoleptic
Taste	Characteristic	Conform	Organoleptic
Solubility in water	NLT 80%	90.17%	USP
Particle Size	NLT 100% Through 40 mesh	100%	Analytical sieving \|\| USP
	NLT 90% Through 60 mesh	92.2%	Analytical sieving \|\| USP
	NLT 70% Through 80 mesh	75.19%	Analytical sieving \|\| USP
pH (1% aq. soln)	4.0~7.0	4.63	USP
Loss on Drying	NMT 7.0%	5.41%	USP (dried at 105°C)
Total Ash	NMT 20.0%	10.52%	USP
Bulk Density	Between 0.30~0.60g/100ml	0.47g/ml	USP Method I
Tapped Density	Between 0.50~0.80g/100ml	0.55g/ml	USP Method I

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Benzo(a)pyrenes (BAP)	NMT 10ppb	Conform	EU 76/769/EEC
Sum of PAHs	NMT 50ppb	Conform	EU 76/769/EEC
Residual Solvent	NMT 5,000ppm	Conform	GC \|\| USP
Heavy Metals(as Pb)	NMT 10ppm	Conform	USP Method II
Arsenic (As)	NMT 2ppm	0.20pm	ICP-MS \|\| USP
Lead (Pb)	NMT 2ppm	0.35ppm	ICP-MS \|\| USP
Cadmium (Cd)	NMT 1ppm	0.20ppm	ICP-MS \|\| USP
Mercury (Hg)	NMT 1ppm	＜0.01ppm	ICP-MS \|\| USP

MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Total Plate Count	NMT 10,000cfu/g	300cfu/g	USP
Total Yeast & Mold	NMT 1,000cfu/g	＜10cfu/g	USP
E. Coli	Not Detected in(g) 10	Not Detected	USP
Salmonella	Not Detected in(g) 25	Not Detected	USP
Staphylococcus aureus	Not Detected in(g) 10	Not Detected	USP