Passion Flower Extract

Botanical Name:Passiflora Incarnata

Part Used: Flower

Specifications:Total Flavones 4%, 8%,20% UV

Appearence: Yellow Brown Fine Powder

Active Ingredient: Flavonoids

CAS No.: 574-12-9

Description of Passion Flower Extract

Introduction of Herb:

Passion flower extract comes from the dried aerial parts of passion flower that grows on long perennial vines in the United States and Europe. With the scientific name Passiflora incarnate, the passion flower goes by many other names such as maypop, passiflora, flor de passion, apricot vine, and purple passion flower, to name a few. The flower got its name because of its resemblance to the crown of thorns, reminiscent of the passion of Christ.

Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) was used in traditional remedies as a "calming" herb for anxiety, insomnia, seizures, and hysteria. During the early twentieth century, this herb was included in many over-the-counter sedatives and sleep aids. In 1978, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned these preparations due to a lack of proven effectiveness. In Germany, however, passionflower is available as an over-the-counter sedative (in combination with other calming herbs such as valerian and lemon balm)

It is also used in German homeopathic medicine to treat pain, insomnia, and nervous restlessness. Today, professional herbalists use passionflower (often in combination with other calming herbs) to help treat insomnia, tension, and other health problems related to anxiety and nervousness.

Active ingredient:

To make passion flower extract, the flower have to be dried and then crushed. Passion flower extract has a component, a monoflavanoid known as Chrysin, as its main active ingredient. The extract also contains the following active ingredients: alkaloids, flavonoids, sterol, amino acids, saparin, and cyanogenic glycoside.

Technological Process:

Raw Material → Immersion in water → Filtering → Purification → Concentration in Vacuum → Drying → Powder

Function of Passion Flower Extract

1.It is used for mood disorders,such as depression, anxiety, stress.

2.It can be used for insomnia and sleep disorders.

3.It  is functional on headaches, migraines and general pain

4. It can treat stomach problems such as colic, nervous stomach, indigestion, etc.

5. It can relieve menstrual cramps and premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

6. It has effect on analgesic,anti-anxiety,anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic,cough suppressant,aphrodisiac,cough suppressant, central nervous,system depressant, diuretic, hypotensive,sedative.

Application of Passion Flower Extract

1.It is applied in food field;

2.It is applied in pharmaceutical field, mainly to treat cough, phlegm, wind-heat dizziness, nasal congestion and runny nose;

3.It is applied in cosmetic field, use it as a major component of the lips and lipstick received more acclaim.