Where does Astragalus polysaccharide come from?

Where does Astragalus polysaccharide come from?

Astragalus polysaccharide is a water-soluble heteropolysaccharide extracted, concentrated and purified from the dried roots of Astragalus mongolica or Astragalus membranaceus, a leguminous plant. It is light yellow, fine powder, uniform and free of impurities, and hygroscopic. Astragalus polysaccharide is composed of hexuronic acid, glucose, fructose, rhamnose, arabinose, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid, and has a variety of biological activities and health benefits. It can be used as an immune enhancer or regulator, and also has antiviral, anti-aging, and antioxidant effects.

The mechanism of action of astragalus polysaccharide

Enhance immunity

It can stimulate lymphocyte proliferation, promote macrophage activation, and enhance natural killer cell activity, which all help to enhance the body's immune response ability, improve the body's immunity, and thereby prevent infectious diseases.

Diuresis and swelling

It can promote the metabolism of water in the body and discharge the water in the body, thereby achieving the effect of diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for people with edema and difficulty in urination.

Antioxidant

It has a very strong antioxidant effect, which can scavenge free radicals, reduce the damage they cause to the human body, relieve inflammation and damage, and maintain the health of the body.

Improve liver

It has a very significant health care effect on the liver and can reduce the damage caused by liver diseases such as hepatitis, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.

Anti-aging

It can inhibit the production of free radicals, maintain the health of the body, and slow down the aging of the body. It is a natural green product that is very safe to use and easy to absorb.

Prevent intestinal diseases

It can increase the number of intestinal lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, reduce the number of Escherichia coli, effectively promote the proliferation of beneficial intestinal microorganisms, inhibit harmful intestinal bacteria, and prevent intestinal diseases.

Antiviral

It has a significant inhibitory effect on tuberculosis infection and can have antibacterial and antiviral effects.

Regulate blood sugar

It has a certain blood sugar regulating effect on diabetic patients and helps stabilize blood sugar levels.

Protect liver

It has a liver-protective effect, can reduce liver damage and promote liver cell repair.

Promote blood circulation

It can improve microcirculation, promote blood circulation and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

Effects on body metabolism

Effects on cell metabolism

Astragalus can enhance the physiological metabolism of cells. Astragalus can also promote the formation, development and maturation process of various types of blood cells, and promote the hematopoietic function of bone marrow. For liver cells cultured in vitro, Astragalus can promote RNA and protein synthesis, suggesting that it can extend cell life, enhance cell metabolism and delay aging.

Effects on nucleic acid metabolism

The degree to which APS inhibits the activity of free RN-ase is: kidney < liver < lung < spleen. This result should be explained by the relative increase rate of the equilibrium reaction. The effect of APS is significant in low RI tissues.

Astragalus has an inhibitory effect on the RNA metabolism of human lung diploid cells. Astragalus decoction can significantly promote the synthesis of DNA in bone marrow hematopoietic cells and accelerate the process of nucleated cell division. Astragalus saponin can significantly increase the DNA content of regenerated liver, while astragalus polysaccharide has no obvious effect on DNA metabolism.

Effect on internal cyclic nucleotides

Astragalus decoction can significantly increase the content of internal cyclic nucleotides (cAMP and Cgmp) in mouse plasma and tissues, but its effects on various organs are different; administration increases cAMP and decreases cGMP; the opposite is true for the liver ; and increased in the spleen. Further experiments showed that the effect of Astragalus on cAMP was caused by its inhibition of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-phosphodiesterase (cAMP-PDE).

Effects on protein and other metabolism

Astragalus can promote serum and protein renewal in mice, and it is believed that the polysaccharides in it are likely to be effective ingredients in promoting protein renewal. Astragalus saponin 100g/kg administered by intragastric administration also has similar effects. Astragalus has a tendency to increase blood sugar levels in animals with insulin-induced hypoglycemia, but the increase is small.

Application direction

Feed additives

Astragalus polysaccharide has the function of improving the utilization of nutrients and promoting animal growth. Astragalus polysaccharide contains amino acids, vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients; as a feed additive, it can significantly increase the growth rate of livestock and poultry, improve the body's resistance, and improve Meat, egg and milk quality and yield.

Health Care Field

Astragalus polysaccharide is an important natural active ingredient in Astragalus. It is used in the field of health care products and has many health benefits such as enhancing immune function and anti-oxidation.

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