All Ashoka articles
- Ashoka Conservation and Sourcing: A Threatened Tree Harvested for Its Bark Sourcing
Why Saraca asoca sourcing raises real conservation questions — threatened status, destructive bark harvest compared with arjuna, cultivated and plantation supply, source declarations and what buyers should ask.
- Ashoka Extract: A Complete Buyer's Guide Buyer's Guide
Buyer's guide to Saraca asoca bark extract — the false ashoka substitution, why 'Saraca indica' is the wrong binomial, catechin markers versus tannin assays, conservation sourcing and CoA requirements.
- Formulating with Ashoka: Syrups, Classical Formats and the Claim Line Buyer's Guide
Formulating with Saraca asoca bark extract — syrup and ashokarishta-type liquid formats, grade and solubility selection, shatavari combinations, and why gynaecological claims fall outside supplement positioning.
- Reading an Ashoka Certificate of Analysis: Two Lines Carry the Weight Testing & Quality
What a complete Saraca asoca extract certificate should carry — correct binomial, species confirmation excluding Polyalthia longifolia, catechin markers, method-declared tannins, source declaration and contaminant testing.
- Saraca asoca, Not Saraca indica: Naming and Marker Standardisation Buyer's Guide
Why 'Saraca indica' on ashoka certificates is a botanical error, what the correct binomial is, and how catechin and epicatechin profiling works alongside a method-declared tannin assay.
- The False Ashoka Problem: When an Ornamental Tree Shares the Name Buyer's Guide
How Polyalthia longifolia — the mast tree planted across India and commonly called ashoka — substitutes for genuine Saraca asoca bark, why tannin assays miss it, and the catechin profiling that detects it.
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