Umckaloabo (Pelargonium sidoides)

Umckaloabo: botanical (root).

Umckaloabo testing at Vanguard Laboratory: identity, purity and quantity $250 per sample, with results in 3 to 5 business days.

Structure

Marker compound: 2D structure drawn from the PubChem record (CID 5316862).

Compound data

Botanical source

Pelargonium sidoides Root

Marker compounds

umckalin, gallic acid

Basis

total or named markers, as your specification states

Type

Botanical (root)

Structure and names

Marker compounds: umckalin, gallic acid (CAS 149-91-7)

How Vanguard tests Umckaloabo

Method for the $250 identity, purity and quantity test: HPLC-UV marker-compound assay (umckalin and gallic acid), LC-MS identity, against a reference standard, with results in 3 to 5 business days.

The USP Herbal Medicines Compendium monograph covers identity by HPTLC fingerprint and an assay of marker compounds by HPLC. Full testing to the USP Herbal Medicines Compendium monograph for Pelargonium sidoides Root is available and quoted.

What's reported

Marker compounds, as % w/w on the basis your specification states
Quantity, against the label claim
Identity, reported as match or no match against the reference standard
With monograph testing (quoted): the monograph’s tests against its limits

Tests and prices

Purity and quantity

$250

Chromatographic purity and mg per unit by the method matched to the compound, identity against a reference standard. 1 unit.

Raw powder purity

$200

Chromatographic purity on bulk powder. 50 mg.

Add-on tests

Add-on test	Price
Identity and impurities
FTIR identity	$90
CHNS elemental analysis (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur)	$125
Chiral purity (where a chiral method exists; new methods quoted)	$250
Water, solvents and salt form
Water content by Karl Fischer	$60
Residual solvents	$150
Counterions: chloride, acetate and TFA	$70
Assay
Assay, % w/w (with raw powder purity; $250 together)	+$50
Metals and conformity
Heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, mercury and lead	$150
Conformity: purity and quantity on more units from the same lot	$100 per extra unit

10% off for 10 or more samples.

Need something else? Other tests are available on request.

Sample amount and turnaround

Purity and quantity is $250 per sample (1 unit) and raw powder purity is $200 for 50 mg, with results in 3 to 5 business days. Send the material sealed and labeled, with the label claim and the form it contains.

Salts, forms and compendial references

Pelargonium sidoides Root
Tell us the salt or form the label states, so quantity is reported on the same basis.

Questions about Umckaloabo testing

Is the $250 test the same as USP monograph testing?

No. The $250 test covers identity, purity and quantity by HPLC-UV measurement of umckalin and gallic acid, with LC-MS identity. Full testing to the USP Herbal Medicines Compendium monograph for Pelargonium sidoides Root is available and quoted.

Can Pelargonium reniforme be told apart?

Pelargonium reniforme is a close relative also sold as umckaloabo. Its coumarin profile differs, and umckalin is characteristic of P. sidoides.

Why are coumarins and phenolics both looked at?

The root contains highly oxygenated coumarins such as umckalin along with tannins and gallic acid derivatives. Measuring both gives a fuller picture of identity and extract strength.

Sources

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5316862

Identity facts from the USP monograph header for this compound.

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