DEFINITION

Coix Seed Powder, also known as Job's tears powder, consists of the dried ripe caryopsis, freed from the shell, of Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf (Fam. Poaceae, alt. Gramineae) collected in the fall and reduced to a fine or very fine powder. It contains NLT 3.5% of triglycerides calculated as the sum of trilinolein (C₅₇H₉₈O₆), 1,2-dilinoleoyl-3-palmitin (C₅₅H₉₈O₆), 1,2-dilinoleoyl-3-olein (C₅₇H₁₀₀O₆), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-3-linolein (C₅₅H₁₀₀O₆), 1,2-dioleoyl-3-linolein (C₅₇H₁₀₂O₆), 1,2-dioleoyl-3-palmitin (C₅₅H₁₀₂O₆), and triolein (C₅₇H₁₀₄O₆) on the dried basis.