Vitamin E acetate
 

Specification

Vitamin E acetate

Oragnoleptic properties

Specification

Appearance

yellow to reddish brown oily liquid

Odour 

Characteristic odor

Solubility

Miscible with light petroleum ether

Physical Characteristic

  

Refractive index @ 20 oC

1.400 to 1.510

Specific gravity @ 25 oC

0.400  to 0.900

Optical rotation

+24˚ Min

d-α-tocopherol:

67.15% Min

Alpha Tecopheryl acetate

Min 96.0% to 102%

Acid value

NMT 4.00mgKOH/gm

Water content

0.30% Max

Heavy Metal

Lead

Mercury

Arsenic

Cadmium 

NMT 5.0ppm

NMT 0.1ppm

NMT 2.0ppm

NMT 1.0ppm

Microbiological Analysis:

Standard Plate Count

Yeast and Mold Count

Pathogens:

Escherichia coli

Salmonella

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Staphylococcus aureus

NMT 10000 cfu/gm

NMT 100 cfu/gm

Absent

Absent

Absent

Absent

Storage: To keep the material cool and dark palace below at 25°C