| 1 | Description | Clear, colorless, oily liquid having a slight aromatic odor. | Clear, colorless, oily liquid having a slight aromatic odor. | USP |
| 2 | Solubility | Complies | Practically insoluble in water and in glycerin. Miscible with alcohol,with ether, and with chloroform. | USP |
| 3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR Spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the corresponding standard | USP |
| 4 | Assay | 99.80% | 99.0%-100.5% | USP |
| 5 | Limit of Aldehydes (As benzaldehyde) | Less than 0.05% | NMT 0.05% | USP |
| 6 | Specific gravity, 25°C | 1.118 | 1.116-1.120 | USP |
| 7 | Congealing temperature | 18.4°C | Not less than 18.0°C | USP |
| 8 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.569 | 1.568-1.570 | USP |
| 9 | Acidity | 1.1 mL of 0.02N sodium hydroxide required | NMT 1.5 mL of 0.02N sodium hydroxide should require to restore the pink color | USP |
| 10 | Residue on ignition | 0.05% | NMT 0.1% | CP |
| 11 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml | In-house |
| 12 | Total combined yeast and molds count | Less than 10 CFU/ml | NMT 10 CFU/ml | In-house |
| 13 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 0.25 EU/ml | NMT 0.25 EU/ml | In-house |
| 14 | E.coli | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml | In-house |
| 15 | Salmonella | Absent/10ml | should be Absent/10ml | In-house |
| 16 | Staphylococcus aureus | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml | In-house |
| 17 | Pseud. aeruginosa | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml | In-house |
| 18 | Purity (By GC) | 99.94% | NLT 99.8% | In-house |
| 19 | Any individual impurity (By GC) | 0.015% | NMT 0.10% | In-house |