Product Name:  Gromwell Root extract  
        
Specification:  shikonin30%,Anhydroalkannin
                         10:1
         
Detection method:    HPLC
         
Botanical Name:  Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb.¡®et Zucc.

About shikonin:
    Shinikon is contained in the root of perennial murasaki (Lith-ospermum erythrorhizon Sieb.'et Zucc.) growing naturally in Japan, China and the Korean peninsula. A red-purple dye extracted from the root of murasaki is being used as a cosmetics ingredient. Antiinflammatory effect, wound healing acceleration, antitumor effect, etc. have been reported as the pharmacological effects of the active component of shikonin. In shikonin, alkannin is present as an optic isomer. This product is listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 14th Edition and used for identification and content test of the active component of shinikon.