Epimedium Extract Powder sourced from high-quality Epimedium species like Epimedium grandiflorum or Epimedium sagittatum (Horny Goat Weed) is a highly sought-after botanical raw material widely included in formulations throughout the global nutraceutical, dietary supplement, and functional health product manufacturing sectors. The extract is finely ground, standardized, and highly rich in naturally occurring bioactive flavonoids, most importantly icariin, as marker compounds, which allows for engineering it for industrial applications and ensures analytical quality and uniformity as well as potency, from batch to batch. It is optimized for commercial manufacturers, brand owners, and OEM/ODM formulators, and has excellent stability, a fine particle distribution, and optimized solubility parameters that allow for seamless incorporation into a variety of finished dosage forms such as hard-shell capsules, compressed tablets, powder blends, and solid beverage premixes. The raw material is also manufactured under strict quality control standards and compliance frameworks to be in compliance with international safety and regulatory requirements, making it a vital building block for active lifestyle nutrition, physical wellness, functional wellness formulations and holistic botanical products.

Test Item | Specification | Result | Test Method |
Appearance | Yellowish-brown fine powder | Complies | Visual inspection |
Odor | Characteristic | Complies | Organoleptic |
Identification | Positive | Complies | TLC |
Particle Size | ≥95% pass 80 mesh | 98.2% pass | Sieve analysis |
Icariin Assay | ≥10.0% | 10.36% | HPLC |
Loss on Drying | ≤5.0% | 3.18% | USP <731> |
Total Ash | ≤5.0% | 3.06% | USP <281> |
Bulk Density | 40–70 g/100 mL | 52.4 g/100 mL | USP <616> |
Total Heavy Metals | ≤10.0 ppm | 4.26 ppm | ICP-MS |
Lead (Pb) | ≤2.0 ppm | 0.38 ppm | ICP-MS |
Arsenic (As) | ≤2.0 ppm | 0.21 ppm | ICP-MS |
Cadmium (Cd) | ≤1.0 ppm | 0.08 ppm | ICP-MS |
Mercury (Hg) | ≤0.5 ppm | 0.03 ppm | ICP-MS |
Total Plate Count | ≤10,000 CFU/g | 320 CFU/g | AOAC / USP |
Yeast & Mold | ≤1,000 CFU/g | 48 CFU/g | AOAC / USP |
Coliforms | ≤100 CFU/g | <10 CFU/g | AOAC |
E. coli | Negative | Not Detected | AOAC / USP |
Salmonella | Negative in 25 g | Not Detected | AOAC / USP |
Staphylococcus aureus | Negative | Not Detected | AOAC / USP |
Epimedium Extract is witnessing continuous growth in the global market due to the increasing global demand for natural plant-based functional ingredients in the nutraceutical, dietary supplement, and personal care sectors. The commercial procurement trends show a clear structural change in the preferences of consumers for using organic, clean label, and sustainably sourced botanical material as a substitute for synthetic additives. As a macro trend, the expansion of the active lifestyle and adaptogenic nutrition and preventative wellness categories is driving the increased global use of standardized plant extracts across a myriad of commercial products, including capsules, tablets, and new and exciting functional beverages and premixes. This strong market growth trend shows that in the manufacturing and enterprise brand sectors, there is a growing need for highly standardized active ingredients, e.g., the legitimate content of icariin, providing analytical uniformity from batch to batch, the level of quality control compliance, and complete traceability. In today's market, where global brand formulators are constantly seeking to meet consumer demands for all-round ‘vigor' and ‘vivitativeness' and ‘botanical wellness' in their functional product portfolios, it is firmly established as an essential, high-value raw material for current supply chain manufacturing and market requirements.
Icariin Powder Extract has unique physicochemical parameters and a standardized flavonoid matrix, providing essential technical merits for commercial formulators and manufacturers. It is organoleptically a fine, uniform brownish-yellow to light yellow powder with a mild natural botanical fragrance and a natural botanical characteristic bitter taste; it possesses excellent flowability and bulk density for high-speed automated capsule filling and direct compression tableting processes. The extract is formulated to contain a fixed amount of active compounds, namely prenylated flavonol glycosides (mainly icariin and total icariins), which are analytically standardized in every batch by HPLC with quantitative verification. Controlled moisture content (usually below 5.0%) and optimized particle size distribution (often passing 80 to 100 mesh) also provide formulative versatility, so there is minimal dust generated during handling and dispersion stability in aqueous or alcohol-hydro based liquid vehicles. Furthermore, its innate thermal stability eliminates the need for thermal stabilizers, ensuring its compatibility with a wide range of excipients, binder systems, and synergistic botanical matrices during the manufacture of finished solid dose and functional premix products without any degradation of active marker compounds.

1. Vitality & Active Lifestyle Supplements:
Frequently used as an ingredient in encapsulated, tablet, or stick-pack dietary supplements for everyday physical activity, stamina, and overall energy balance.
2. Functional Powder Premixes & Instant Beverages:
The excellent solubility and small particle size make it easy to seamlessly incorporate into multi-ingredient sports nutrition powders, plant-based pre-workout blends, and functional herbal tea concentrates.
3. Liquid Extracts & Botanical Tinctures:
Excellent for hydro-alcoholic liquid formulations, botanical elixirs, and concentrated drop supplements because of its stable extraction profile and proven consistency of its active marker.
4. Nutraceutical Gummis & Soft Chews:
Active flavonoid dosing in modern chewable delivery systems, delivering an accurate dose of the active ingredient(s) without compromising the matrix properties and stability of the product.
5. Personal Care & Cosmeceutical Formulations:
Epimedium Leaf Extract formulated as a rich source of skin-conditioning, environmental stress protection creams, serums, and vitality gels containing plant-derived antioxidants and flavonoids.
6. Innovative Botanical Energy Bars & Bites:
Functional snack bars and active lifestyle nutrition products that demand heat-stable, even distribution of botanical enrichment products.
Q1: What are the primary active marker compounds verified in your Epimedium Extract Powder?
A: Our extract is standardized mainly for icariin and total flavonoids, and is authenticated by HPLC testing to provide strict batch-to-batch consistency and strong potency.
Q2: What mesh size and physical particle properties can formulators expect?
A: The powder will generally pass 100% through an 80 to 100 mesh sieve with uniform particle size, low moisture, and optimum flowability for high-speed tableting and capsule filling.
Q3: How is the raw material packaged for enterprise bulk purchasing?
A: It comes packed in 25kg fiber drums filled with inner packaging material; it is double polyethylene inner food packaging. Other bulk packaging configurations and samples of 1 kg can be requested.
Q4: Is Epimedium Extract Powder soluble in aqueous liquid formulations?
A: Yes, it disperses and stabilizes well in water and hydro-alcoholic solvent systems, which is ideal for functional beverages, liquid concentrates, and botanical tinctures.
Q5: What compliance and analytical documentation is provided with bulk shipments?
A: Every commercial batch contains detailed Assay purity, Heavy metals, pesticide residue, microbial limits, and physical mesh specifications in the form of a Certificate of Analysis (COA).
In order to obtain a detailed quotation, technical specifications, or to negotiate on bulk procurements, please directly contact our export team at info@scigroundbio.com or fill out your requirement on the form.


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