What Is Kudzu Root Extract Good For?

What Is Kudzu Root Extract Good For?

Kudzu Root Extract is made from the dried roots of kudzu, a leguminous vine, through extraction, filtration, concentration, drying and other processes. The product presents a brown-yellow water-soluble powder and has the characteristic odor of the raw material. Its ingredients include isoflavonoids, triterpenoids, coumarins, etc.

The main plant sources of kudzu are the dried roots of the leguminous plants Pueraria pseudo-hirsuta TANG et WANG, Pueraria lobata WILLD. OHWI or Pueraria thomsonii BENTN. The active ingredients extracted artificially from kudzu root have many effects and effects, which are very beneficial to our health. Pueraria lobata extract contains puerarin, daidzin, daidzein, genistein, etc., which have good effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Kudzu root has been used in medicine and food for its unique taste and properties since ancient times and continues to this day. The leaves of Pueraria lobata are as big as the palm of your hand, and the flowers are blue and saucer-shaped. Its flowers and roots are the main medicinal parts. Pueraria lobata contains a large amount of isoflavones. Because of its high content and high activity, it is used to treat various diseases. diseases, but the most widely used aspect of kudzu is to relieve hangover.

Active ingredients contained

1. Isoflavones

Daidzin, daidzein, puerarin, genistein, genistin, 3'-hydroxypuerarin, 3'-methoxypuerarin, etc.

Pueraria root contains a variety of active ingredients, mainly isoflavones, so this item is formulated to effectively control product quality. And the content of puerarin and other isoflavones (daidzin, genistin, soy glycosides, genistein) is used as a quality control indicator.

2. Triterpenes

Sophoradiol, cantoniinsistriol, soyasapogenol A; B, kudzusapogenol A; C; B, methyl ester, β-sitosterol, daucosterol and other seven kinds of saponins.

3. Coumarin

6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, puerarol.

4. Others

All antoin, 5-methyhydr antoin, tuberosin, choline chloride, acetylcholinechloride, mixture of behenic acid and carnaubic acid, glycerol 1-monoteracosanoate, amino acids, starch, arachidic acid, trace elements Se and Mo, etc.

Is it good for health?

1. Antioxidant

Kudzu Root Extract is rich in flavonoids and has a strong antioxidant effect. It can remove free radicals in the body, reduce oxidative damage, delay cell aging, and protect the normal functions of various organs in the body.

2. Protect the health of the cardiovascular system

Purarin can reduce vascular resistance, dilate coronary arteries and lower blood pressure. At the same time, pueraria root isoflavones can relieve arrhythmia, slow down heart rate and increase pulse output. Pueraria root and its puerarin also have a certain protective effect on improving myocardial ischemia, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption and reducing the area of ​​myocardial infarction. In addition, it also has the effect of regulating vascular pathways and thus dilating blood vessels.

3. Promote metabolism:

Contains soybean glycosides, which can decompose the toxicity of acetaldehyde, prevent the inhibitory effect of alcohol on the brain, inhibit the damage of alcohol to the stomach and intestines, and promote the metabolism and excretion of alcohol in the blood.

4. Lowering blood lipids and blood pressure

It can treat cerebral arteriosclerosis caused by high blood lipids, improve cerebral ischemia, and prevent cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral infarction, hemiplegia, and vascular dementia.

5. Liver protection

It can promote the regeneration of liver cells, restore normal liver function, and prevent fat accumulation in the liver. It can also strengthen the detoxification function of the liver and prevent alcohol from damaging the liver.

6. Memory and cognitive function

It is used to treat Alzheimer's disease and mental retardation, can enhance memory, and play a good health care role for patients with memory disorders.

7. Women's health and beauty

It can regulate female hormones, relieve menstrual discomfort, and improve menopausal symptoms. It can also increase breast elasticity, improve chest lines, reduce chloasma and acne, and increase skin elasticity and luster.

What are the effects on the liver?

Enhance immunity and protect liver cells

It can reduce the inflammatory response of the liver and protect liver cells from damage. It can reduce the levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in serum, reflecting the improvement of the degree of damage to liver cells.

Promote liver cell regeneration

It helps to promote the regeneration and repair of liver cells and improve the self-repair ability of the liver. After the liver is damaged, Pueraria extract can accelerate the recovery process of the liver.

Anti-liver fibrosis

It can inhibit the progress of liver fibrosis, reduce the deposition of collagen in the liver, and prevent the liver from hardening and functional impairment.

What directions is it suitable for?

1. Beverages

It has a strong fragrance and natural sweetness, so it has been widely used in beverages. Adding it to beverages can not only increase the taste and aroma of the beverage, but also play a health role. For example, adding kudzu root extract to tea beverages can make it have a better taste and aroma, and it can also play a role in lowering blood lipids, anti-oxidation and enhancing immunity.

2. Health products

It has a variety of physiological activities, so it is also widely used in health products. For example, it can be used as a functional ingredient in health foods to regulate body functions. At the same time, kudzu root extract can also be used as one of the ingredients of nutritional supplements to provide the body with the required nutrients.

3. Cosmetics

Due to its antioxidant, moisturizing and whitening effects, it is also widely used in cosmetics. Adding it to cosmetics can improve the efficacy and quality of the product. For example, adding kudzu root extract to facial masks can play a role in whitening, moisturizing and anti-oxidation; adding it to shampoo can play a role in moisturizing and softening hair.

4. Medicine

Purarin is an effective ingredient extracted from Pueraria root. It has the effects of dilating blood vessels, improving myocardial ischemia and anti-platelet aggregation. Therefore, it is widely used in drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, it can also be used as one of the ingredients of anti-inflammatory and antiviral drugs.

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