Detailed Product Description
Product Name:Natural Beta Carotene
Usage and Application:Beta-Carotene is also known as a provitaminbecause it can be converted in our body into vitamin A after oxidative cleavageby beta-carotene 15, 150-dioxygenase. In plants, beta-carotene, acts as ananti-oxidant and neutralizes singlet oxygen radicals formed during photosynthesis.
Specifications:
Items | Standards |
Appearance | Red to brown liquid |
Content | ≥30% |
Absorbance spectrum in cyclohexane | Max. At 453~457nm |
Heavy Metals | ≤0.001% |
Arsenic | ≤0.0003% |
Pb | ≤0.5ppm |
Organic Volatile Impurities | |
Methanol | ≤3000ppm |
Ethanol | ≤5000ppm |
Acetone | ≤5000ppm |
Petroleum ether | ≤5000ppm |