Schisandra

Schisandra is the dried fruit of Schisandra chinensis, a woody climbing vine native to north-eastern China, Korea and the Russian Far East, supplied by Nustras as a dried berry powder or as a concentrated extract powder for the botanical ingredient market. The berry is known in East Asian tradition as the "five-flavour fruit", and its characteristic constituents are dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans such as schisandrin and gomisin.

Schisandra is formulated into botanical and herbal supplements in capsule, tablet and powder form, into traditional multi-herb blends, teas and functional beverages, and into cosmetic preparations where a botanical extract is required.

The material is a reddish-brown to brown powder with the characteristic odour and sour-sweet taste of the fruit. Extract ratio or lignan content, loss on drying, particle size and solvent residues are standardised to specification; identity is confirmed by botanical identification and thin-layer chromatography, and heavy-metal, pesticide-residue and microbial limits are supplied to specification and confirmed on each lot's certificate of analysis.

Nustras supplies schisandra in bulk commercial quantities, in food-grade bags and fibre drums, to manufacturers and formulators internationally, with a certificate of analysis, specification sheet and country-of-origin documentation on every lot. Schisandra chinensis fruit is an accepted botanical ingredient in major supplement markets; buyers confirm the permitted plant part, preparation and claim for their application. Contact us for grade, pricing per kilogram and lead time.