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Asked by:
Joe Dinoffer
Posted at:
January 26, 2025
Regarding extracts, specifically for Ginseng and Ginkgo, I am interested in verifying the equivalents of the following ingredients.From the information you provide it is impossible to verify the claimed equivalencies. Typically, herbs are extracted in a solvent – in these cases a water and alcohol mixture – and then concentrated in some way. In this case the extract was dried. This dried extract can be used in its dried form (in tablets, capsules, etc.) or it can be redissolved in a solvent. In the case of a reconstituted liquid extract, the original extraction volume divided by the final reconstituted volume gives an "X" number. Extracts may be "5X" or "10X", etc.
Oriental Ginseng root (dried water-alcohol extract 1:25) 5mg, can a company claim that this is equivalent to 150 mg. Or, what would it be and how is this figured in food products like energy bars?
Gingko leaf (dried water-alcohol extract 1:60) 5mg, same question. They claim the equivalent is 500 mg.