Kudzu Root Extract

Product Name:Puerarin Extract

Part of used:Root

Active ingredient:Puerarin,Pueraria Isoflavones

CAS NO.:3681-99-0

Molecular Weight:416.38

Molecular Formula:C21H20O9

Latin name: Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi

Active ingredient: Isoflavones; Puerarin

Specification: Isoflavones: 40%-98%; Puerarin: 30%-98%  Appearance: Brown yellow to white powder

Test method: HPLC; UV

Description of Kudzu Root Extract

Kudzu is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vinenative to southern Japan and southeast China. Kudzu contains a variety of phytochemicals, which are potent antioxidant compounds found naturally in plants, that help to prevent and treat disease in humans. Kudzu contains the phytochemicals quercetin, which has antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties, and genistein which works as a free radical scavenger. The most important phytochemicals are, however, the isoflavone compounds -- daidzein, daidzin, tectorigenin and puerarin.

Kudzu root has been known for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine as ge-gen.

The first written mention of the plant as a medicine is in the ancient herbal text of Shen Nong

(about A.D.100). In traditional Chinese medicine, kudzu root is used in prescriptions for the treatment of thirst, headache, and stiff neck with pain due to high blood pressure. It is also recommended for allergies, migraine headaches, inadequate measles eruptions in children,

and diarrhea It is also used in modern Chinese medicine as a treatment for angina pectoris.

Function of Kudzu Root Extract

1.Enhancing immunity and inhibiting cancer cell;

2.Strengthening myocardial contraction force and protecting myocardial cell;

3.Taking protective effects to the nephritis, nephropathy and renal failure;

4.Protecting the deformability of erythrocyte, increasing the function of hematopoietic system.

Application of Kudzu Root Extract

1. Applied in food field, puraria isoflavones can be used in foods and health products,to lower blood pressure and blood-fat;

2. Applied in pharmaceutical field, puraria isoflavones is widely used in biopharmaceuticals and API of cardiovascular system agents in China. As a kind of Chinese medicine injectio, puerarin is a common drug for heart and cerebrovascular disease;

3. Applied in cosmetics field, the phytoestrogen effect of puerarin can relieve symptom caused by decrease in estrogen level and aging, such as mastoptosis, crinkle, decrease in skin vitality and leukotrichia. Hence, it is frequently used in breast cream, eye cream and skin cream.