What Is Mulberry Leaf Extract?

What Is Mulberry Leaf Extract?

Mulberry Leaf Extract is a substance extracted from the leaves and tender branches of Morus alba L., a plant of the Moraceae family. It contains a variety of physiologically active substances, such as mulberry leaf flavonoids, mulberry leaf polyphenols, mulberry leaf polysaccharides, 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), etc. These ingredients give mulberry leaf extract a variety of health benefits. Specifically, mulberry leaf extract is used to prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, and anti-aging health problems.

DNJ in mulberry leaf extract can inhibit the activity of some glycolytic enzymes, thereby helping to prevent and treat diabetes. The flavonoids in mulberry leaf extract can improve human immunity and have the effects of delaying aging and beautifying the skin. Mulberry leaf tea, as a form of mulberry leaf extract, is rich in nutrients and has the effects of antiperspirant, anti-acne and anti-freckle, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, and is believed to help lose weight.

What Are The Specific Effects Of Mulberry Leaf Extract?

Regulating blood sugar

Mulberry Leaf Extract contains a variety of natural active ingredients. It can regulate human endocrine through alkaloids, inhibit the activity of disaccharide decomposition enzymes, thereby inhibiting the absorption of disaccharides by the small intestine, and keeping human blood sugar in a stable and normal state.

Clearing the liver and improving eyesight

Clearing the liver and improving eyesight is also one of the important effects of mulberry leaf extract. It can nourish the liver and kidney, improve human liver function, and has a therapeutic and preventive effect on blurred vision, red and swollen eyes, and pain caused by hyperactivity of liver fire. In addition, mulberry leaf extract has a certain therapeutic effect on conjunctivitis and keratitis, which are highly prevalent in humans. It is very beneficial to maintain human eye health.

Clearing the lungs and moisturizing dryness

Mulberry leaf extract retains most of the nutrients in mulberry leaves. It tastes bitter and cold in nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also clear the lungs and moisturize dryness. It can well treat dry coughs and dry coughs with little sputum in winter. When taking it, mulberry leaf extract can be used together with Chinese medicinal materials such as Fritillaria and Adenophora, which will maximize the effect of clearing the lungs and moisturizing dryness.

Lowering blood lipids

Flavones, phytosterols, DNJ, etc. in the extract can inhibit the formation of fatty liver, reduce blood viscosity, inhibit the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, and effectively lower blood lipids.

Lowering blood pressure

Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the extract can restore brain cell function and promote brain tissue metabolism, thereby improving brain blood circulation and maintaining blood pressure stability.

Beauty and skin care

Mulberry leaf extract can significantly improve human immunity and has the effects of delaying aging and beautifying the skin. DNJ in mulberry leaf extract also has a certain beauty effect, especially for acne and brown spots on the face.

Anti-aging

Mulberry leaf extract contains a variety of physiologically active substances, such as mulberry leaf flavonoids, mulberry leaf polyphenols, mulberry leaf polysaccharides, DNJ, GABA, etc., which can be used for anti-aging.

How Does Mulberry Leaf Extract Regulate Blood Sugar?

Inhibit enzymes that break down sugars

The alkaloid components in Mulberry Leaf Extract, especially mulberry leaf extract, can inhibit enzymes that break down sugars in the body, such as sucrase and glucosidase. When the content of these enzymes decreases, the body's decomposition of blood sugar will also decrease accordingly, which helps to lower blood sugar levels.

Promote insulin secretion

The polysaccharides and flavonoids in mulberry leaf extract have the effect of promoting insulin secretion by pancreatic cells. Insulin is a key hormone for regulating blood sugar. It can promote the cell's utilization of sugar, sugar metabolism and the synthesis of glycogen, thereby helping to lower blood sugar.

Increase glycogen synthesis

The polysaccharide components in mulberry leaves can also promote the synthesis of glycogen. Glycogen is a form of sugar storage in the body. When glycogen increases, it can help reduce the sugar content in the blood, thereby regulating blood sugar.

Antioxidation and pancreatic β cell repair

Mulberry leaf extract also improves its antioxidant capacity by reducing malondialdehyde levels, which helps protect pancreatic β cells from oxidative damage and promotes the repair and regeneration of pancreatic β cells. Pancreatic β cells are the main cells that secrete insulin, and the restoration and enhancement of their function help improve blood sugar regulation.

In the process of lowering blood sugar, mulberry leaf extract also increases liver glycogen synthesis and accelerates glucose oxidation and decomposition by increasing the activity of liver hexokinase and pyruvate kinase, thereby achieving the purpose of regulating sugar metabolism and lowering blood sugar.

What Are The Benefits Of Mulberry Leaf Extract For The Skin?

Cleaning the skin: Mulberry Leaf Extract can help clean the skin and remove dirt and oil on the surface of the skin, thereby effectively reducing pore blockage and the formation of blackheads.

Lightening spots: Mulberry leaf extract has a good therapeutic effect on skin spots, which may be related to its improvement of the body's secretory function. It is rich in flavonoids, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, carotene, vitamins and a variety of essential trace elements for the human body, which helps to improve and regulate the metabolism of skin tissue and inhibit the occurrence and development of pigmentation.

Improving skin elasticity: Mulberry leaf extract may help improve skin elasticity and promote skin health.

Anti-wrinkle: Mulberry leaf extract has antioxidant effects, which helps protect the skin from oxidative stress damage, while also reducing inflammation and anti-aging, thereby fighting the formation of wrinkles.

As a cosmetic additive: Extract the active ingredients from mulberry leaf decoction and add it to the beauty cream as a cosmetic additive after concentration. Long-term external use can have a better effect on facial brown spots.

What Fields Are Mulberry Leaf Extracts Used In?

Food field

In the food field, Mulberry Leaf Extract can be used as a natural food additive to make various healthy foods. For example, it can be added to pet food as a functional ingredient to prevent and treat chronic diseases and geriatric diseases of pets. In addition, mulberry leaf extract can also be used in human food, such as making health teas, cakes, etc.

Cosmetics field

The application of mulberry leaf extract in the cosmetics field is mainly to utilize its antioxidant and anti-aging effects. It can be added as an additive to skin care products, such as facial masks and creams, which helps to delay skin aging and keep the skin healthy.

Medical field

The application of mulberry leaf extract in the medical field is mainly to utilize the various active ingredients it contains, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, polysaccharides, etc. These ingredients have a variety of pharmacological and biological activities, such as antioxidant, hypoglycemic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore, mulberry leaf extract can be used to prevent and improve some diseases, such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

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