Gardenia extract is a substance extracted from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides, family Rubiaceae, which has a variety of biological activities and pharmacological effects. The following is the detailed introduction of gardenia extract:
1. Ehe main ingredient
Gardenia extract contains many kinds of active ingredients, mainly including gardenia glycoside (gardenia glycoside), hydroxyisogardenia glycoside, gardenia glycoside, gardenia new glycoside, gardenia glycoside acid, gardenia xanthin, fenugreek glycoside, fenugreek acid, chickweed glycoside methyl ester and so on. These components give the gardenia extract a variety of pharmacological action and biological activity.
2. Efficacy and function
Diarrhea fire to get rid of annoyance: gardenia extract has the efficacy of clearing heat and diarrhea fire, and it can relieve the symptoms such as heat illness and annoyance.
Clears heat and diuretic: it can promote urine discharge, help to treat jaundice urine redness and other symptoms.
Cooling blood and detoxification: gardenia extract can cool blood and detoxify the toxin, and it has certain curative effect for symptoms such as blood gushing and astringent pain, blood heat and epistaxis.
Reduces swelling and relieves pain: gardenia extract also has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain, can be used for treating fire sores, sprains and other symptoms.
Other effects: Gardenia jasminoides extract also has the effects of hepatoprotection, choleretic, hypotensive, sedative and hemostatic. It can reduce liver damage, promote bile secretion and excretion, lower blood pressure, inhibit central nervous system and so on. In addition, gardenia extract also has anticancer, insecticide, anti-inflammatory and other pharmacological effects.
3. Character and identification
Gardenia extract is reddish brown powdery substance, has specific chemical property and physical property. Its trait identification mainly includes appearance, color, smell and other aspects of the examination. At the same time, can also through the physical and chemical identification methods such as chemical reaction, chromatographic analysis and so on its composition identification and determination.
4. Application and contraindication
Application: Gardenia extract is often used to treat jaundice hepatitis, sprain and contusion, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases in Chinese medicine clinic. In addition, it can also be used in food industry as food additive and natural coloring agent.
Contraindications: Although gardenia extract has a variety of pharmacological effects and biological activities, some contraindications need to be paid attention to in the process of use. Such as pregnant women, lactating women and allergic body should be used with caution or prohibited. At the same time, in the use of gardenia extract also need to pay attention to avoid and other drugs at the same time use may occur drug interaction.