1 | Description | A colourless viscous liquid,almost odourless,hygroscopic. | A colourless or slightly yellow, viscous liquid; almost odourless; hygroscopic. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible in all proportion with water, with ethanol (95%) and with ether. |
3 | Identification A (By Chemical test) | Passes | Passes test |
4 | Identification B (By Chemical test) | Complies | Give reaction of lactates |
5 | Identification C | Complies | A 10.0% w/v solution is strongly acidic. |
6 | Appearance of Solution | Passes | The substance is not more intensely coloured than reference solution YS6 |
7 | Arsenic (As) | NMT 1ppm | 1ppm max |
8 | Heavy metals | NMT 10ppm | 10ppm |
9 | Citric, oxalic and phosphoric acids | Passes | Passes test |
10 | Ether insoluble substances | Passes | Passes test |
11 | Volatile fatty acids | Passes | Passes test |
12 | Methanol and methyl esters | Passes | Passes test |
13 | Reducing sugars | Passes | Passes test |
14 | Sulphated ash | 0.0063% | Not more than 0.1% |
15 | Assay | 88.68% | 88.0% - 92.0% w/w |