Silymarin Extract Powder

Brief introduction:

Silymarin Extract Powder is an annual or biennial herb. It was originally born in southern Europe and North Africa. It has been cultivated and used in Europe and Africa for thousands of years. It is a folk medicinal plant. Silymarin is widely used as a drug for the treatment of liver diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Cultivated in North and Northwest China.

The extract powder source of silymarin is a natural flavonoid lignan compound, which is a natural active substance extracted from the dried fruit of silymarin, a Compositae plant. At present, the content of total flavonoid lignan in silymarin used in  the world is about 80%, and its main components are silybin, isosilybin and silychristin. Silymarin is insoluble in water, soluble in acetone, ethyl acetate, methanol and ethanol, and slightly soluble in chloroform.

What is the function of silymarin extract powder?

1. Liver protection

Silymarin is the main active component of liver protection. It has the effect of regeneration, can stimulate the formation of new hepatocytes and improve liver function; At the same time, it can protect hepatocyte membrane, prevent cytotoxin from infiltrating hepatocytes, and improve the recovery ability of membrane structure defect.

2. Oxidation resistance

The phenolic hydroxyl group of silymarin extract powder provides hydrogen atom and has strong antioxidant effect. They have free radical scavenging properties and anti lipid peroxidation activity.

3. Reduce blood lipid

Silybin can inhibit the plasma membrane Ca2 + channel of adult rat cardiomyocytes, inhibit food induced hypercholesterolemia, reduce very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL), and increase high density lipoprotein (HDL). It can be used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Application fields:

Medicine (it is widely used to treat acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and liver injury)

Solid drinks

Functional food raw materials

Cosmetics

Biological pesticide raw materials

Animal feed additive

Food additives

How is silymarin extract powder made?

The selected raw materials are screened and cleaned, the raw materials of large machines are extracted, concentrated according to a certain proportion, spray dried, crushed and screened, and packaged and warehoused as required after passing the sampling inspection.