About RUBIA TINCTORUM (MADDER) ROOT EXTRACT: Rubia Tinctorum Root Extract is an extract of the roots of the madder, Rubia tinctorium.
Madder is a perennial climbing plant that belongs to the coffee family (Rubiaceae). It can grow up to 1.5 m in height and has reddish-brown, fleshy, creeping and richly branched rhizome. The leaves are approximately 8 cm long, lanceolate and evergreen.
Madder has primarily been used for dyeing, but it has also been used as a medicinal herb. The red-colored rhizomes and roots are the source of red dyes known as rose madder and Turkey red.
The roots are harvested in autumn after the aerial parts have withered from plants that are at least three years old, as aged plants contain most dye.
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| Items | Specification |
| Specification | 98%~99% alizarin |
| Appearance | Fine red powder |
| Particle size | NLT 95% pass 100 mesh |
| Solubility | Not soluble in water |
| Heavy metals | <10ppm |
| As | <1ppm |
| Pb | <3ppm |
| Irradiation | Irradiation Free |
| Total Plate Count | <10000cfu/g |
| Yeast & Mold | <300cfu/g |
| E.Coli | Negative |
| Salmonella | Negative |
The main substances found in the root are anthraquinone glycosides (ruberythric acid which decomposes to alizarin, lucidin, pseudopurpurin, xanthopurpurin, purpurin, and rubiadin).
Also present in the root are iridoid (asperulosid), organic acids, tannins, calcium, pectin, and sugars. The medicinal properties of the plant are mainly due to the glycosides.
Madder has be mentioned more than few times in the ancient medical literature.
Madder is probably best known for its application in powder or extract form to treat kidney and bladder disorders and some clinical studies have been made with positive results on the herb’s ability to dissolving kidney and bladder stones.
The ruberythric acid found in the plant forms connections between the calcium and magnesium ions, thus lowering the concentration of these ions in the urine.
Besides the herb’s uses as a remedy for kidney stones, it is not used much in modern day herbal medicine. But once it was used as folk medicine for dropsy and jaundice and herbal tea of the leaves and stems were used to treat constipation.
Furthermore, madder was used traditionally as a topical remedy for sciatica.
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