Mulberry leaves are known as the king of plants. Mulberry leaves are rich in flavonoids, alkaloids, amino acids, organic acids and vitamins. Mulberry Leaf Extract has the functions of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and delaying aging.
Active Ingredients
1. Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are high-molecular organic chemical polymers of polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones. It is widely exist in mammals, plants and various microorganisms. It is a chemical substance that maintains the basic plant life cycle.
Mulberry leaf polysaccharide has a variety of biological activities, such as anti-aging, anti-virus, hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic. Studies have shown that mulberry leaves contain monosaccharides mannose, rhamnose, xylose, glucose and galactose, and the optimal hydrolysis conditions of polysaccharides have been obtained.
2. Alkaloids
Alkaloids mainly exist in plants, with less distribution in animals and microorganisms, and most of them are complex ring structures. Alkaloids are a class of basic organic compounds that contain nitrogen in their structure. It has significant biological activity and is one of the important active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine.
Currently, there are many methods for detecting alkaloids in mulberry leaves. Among them: Reinhardt's salt colorimetric detection method is more stable and reliable. Mulberry leaf alkaloids mainly belong to the polyhydroxypiperidine class.
3. Flavonoids and flavonoid glycosides
Many scholars have studied the chemical composition of mulberry leaves, and the structure and composition of flavonoids and flavonoids have been relatively clear.
Flavonoids are one of the important natural active components in mulberry leaves, some of which are combined with sugar, and some of them exist in free form. The content of flavonoids in the stems and leaves of mulberry is relatively high, accounting for 1% to 3% of the dry weight of mulberry leaves.
4. Amino Acids
The nitrogen content in mulberry leaves is 3.3%~4.3%, and the protein accounts for 15%~34% of the dry weight of mulberry leaves. It can be seen that mulberry leaves have higher crude protein content. Mulberry leaves are rich in amino acids, containing 18 important amino acids, of which glutamic acid and aspartic acid are the highest.
Each 100 g dried mulberry leaf product contains 2 323 mg of glutamic acid and 2049 mg of aspartic acid. The amino acid composition of mulberry leaves is similar to that of the human body, which is convenient for the human body to absorb.
5. Minerals
Mulberry leaves are rich and high in minerals, including calcium and potassium. Zinc, copper, boron, manganese, iron and other trace elements necessary for human growth and development.
6. Other compounds
Vitamins are important biologically active components to maintain human physiological activities and health. Mulberry leaves contain VA, VB1, VB2, VB3, VC, VE, carotene, beta-carotene, retinol, niacin and other vitamins, and the content will not be affected by the harvest period.
Summary
Due to the functions of various functional ingredients of mulberry leaf, mulberry leaf extract products have become a research and development hotspot. Qyherb is a natural ingredient manufacturer with many years of production experience. We provide a variety of specifications of Mulberry Leaf Extract Powder to meet the different application needs of customers.