What are Botanic Extracts and what can botanic extracts do?
Mar 17, 2022
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Botanic extracts refer to substances extracted or processed from botanicals such as herbs, plants, fruits, etc, (all or a part of plants) using appropriate solvents or methods. They can be used in the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, daily chemical industry, and other industries.
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Classification of Botanic extracts:
According to the content of active ingredients, Botanic extracts can be divided into three types: effective monomer extract, standard extract, and ratio extract;
according to the active ingredients, Botanic extracts can be classified into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.;
According to the product form, Botanic extracts can be divided into vegetable oil, extract, powder, lens, etc.
According to the purpose, Botanic extracts can be divided into natural pigment products, traditional Chinese medicine extract products, extract products, and concentrated products.
Application of Botanic extracts:
The application range of Botanic extracts is now very wide. In addition to traditional Chinese medicine products, as people's trust and dependence on natural products gradually increase, a large part of Botanic extracts have been used in health care products and food ingredients. In addition, Botanic extracts have been used in cosmetics and feed in recent years.
There are several classifications of some of the best-selling Botanic extracts in the world. For example, Rhodiola, ginkgo, ginseng extracts are used in the fields of brain strengthening, intelligence, and prevention and treatment of senile dementia; Green tea, Citrus aurantium, apple, bitter gourd polypeptide extracts are used for weight loss, lower blood sugar, and prevent diabetes; Paclitaxel, tea polyphenols, theanine, bioflavonoids, such as lycopene, anthocyanins, etc. are used in the field of natural anti-cancer; Licorice, garlic, astragalus and soybean extracts are used in the field of the human immune system.
Among them, Botanic essential oils are oily liquids with aroma and volatility. They are a mixture of various compounds. They have physiological activities and have various medical effects, such as relieving cough, relieving asthma, sweating, relieving the surface, expectorating, and driving wind. , Analgesia, antibacterial, etc. Among the medicinal plants, the volatile oil content is richer in Platycladus orientalis, Magnolia officinalis, Xinyi, camphor tree, cinnamon, Angelica, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica, peppermint, and so on.
Based on the legislative scope and concepts and usage of various countries, the concept of Botanic extracts can be accepted and recognized by all countries, and it is also a common way of expression for spreading herbal medicines in various countries. As early as 1999, the export value of Chinese Botanic extracts exceeded the export value of Chinese patent medicines. In European and American countries, Botanic extracts and their products (plant medicine or food supplements) have broad market prospects and have developed into a new industry with annual sales of nearly 8 billion U.S. dollars.
China's botanic extracts are generally intermediate products and have a wide range of uses. They are mainly used as raw materials or auxiliary materials for medicines, health foods, tobacco, and cosmetics. There are also many types of raw material plants used for extraction, and currently, there are more than 300 plant varieties entering industrial extraction.
