French Maritime Pine Bark Extract 100 mg Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: Capsules

Available Strengths: 100 mg

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Category: Nutraceuticals

French maritime pine bark extract capsules, 100 mg, standardised to procyanidins from Pinus pinaster bark. For importers and distributors comparing extract specifications and assay methods between offers.

Product Description:

French maritime pine bark extract is made from the bark of Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine of Atlantic coastal forests, usually by water or hydro-alcoholic extraction. It is rich in procyanidins, short chains of catechin and epicatechin units, together with phenolic acids and taxifolin. Commercial grades are standardised to a stated procyanidin content, and that figure, not the bark weight, defines the product. This page covers 100 mg capsules.

Pine bark extracts on the market vary widely in composition, so the specification is the product. Ask which assay is used for procyanidins, since results from older spectrophotometric methods and from HPLC are not interchangeable, and whether the extract is tested against a compendial or in-house monograph. Heavy metals, pesticide residues, residual solvents and microbial limits complete the picture. Labels commonly advise caution in pregnancy and with anticoagulants. Some branded pine bark extracts are protected by trademarks and patents, so generic material should be labelled by botanical name and specification only. In most markets this is a food supplement under local labelling rules.

Sourcing notes. Request a CoA for each batch with procyanidin assay and method, the extraction solvent and drug-to-extract ratio, and the GMP certificate of the capsule filler. Documentary proof of the botanical source of the bark guards against substitution with other pine species. Capsules keep well at room temperature in sealed HDPE or glass bottles with desiccant, though zone IVb data should be supplied for tropical markets. Specify strength, standardisation level, capsule type and count per bottle.