Northern Schisandra Fruit
DEFINITION
Northern Schisandra Fruit consists of the dried ripe fruits of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. (Fam. Schisandraceae) collected in the fall. It contains NLT 0.40% of schisandrin (schisandrol A) on the dried basis; NLT 0.95% of lignans, calculated as the sum of schisandrin, schisandrol B, deoxyschisandrin (schisandrin A), and γ-schisandrin (schisandrin B) on the dried basis.
USP REFERENCE STANDARDS FOR PURCHASE
USP Schisandra chinensis Fruit Dry Extract RSUSP Schisandrin RS