Forsythia Extract Introduction

As a traditional Chinese medicine, its main functions are to clear heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots, and disperse wind-heat. Infection works well. There is a famous formula called Yin Qiao San, in which forsythia is the main medicine. In dermatology, it is mainly used for its first two functions, that is, clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and dissipating knots, then it is mainly used for sore carbuncle swollen poison, erysipelas, etc., these inflammatory skin diseases. For example, in the treatment of western medicine for folliculitis, acne and erysipelas of the lower limbs, the effect of forsythia is not bad. In addition, there is also a phlegm nucleus, gall disease, mainly goiter, or thyroid nodules, and the medicinal forsythia is often used to achieve the effect of detoxification and dispersing.

Effects of Forsythia Extract

1. Forsythiaside has anti-infective effect

By preparing three bacterial infection models in mice, observing the number of animal deaths and calculating the mortality. The results showed that forsythiaside each dose group can significantly reduce the number of deaths and mortality of bacterial infection model animals. Therefore, forsythiaside has obvious anti-infective effect.

2 Forsythiaside has antioxidant effect

Active oxygen is formed by oxygen in the body, mainly including two kinds of oxygen-containing free radicals, namely, superoxide anion free radical and hydroxyl free radical, one kind of oxygen molecule in the form of *, and two kinds of peroxides, hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxide. quality etc. Most Chinese herbal extracts have antioxidant effects. By phenanthroline, luminol chemiluminescence, NBT method and quantum chemical calculation methods. The results showed that forsythiaside had a strong scavenging ability to reactive oxygen species: the phenolic hydroxyl group of A-ring and the phenolic hydroxyl group of B-ring in the structure of forsythiaside had similar scavenging ability to reactive oxygen species. So it is concluded that forsythiaside is an effective natural antioxidant.

3 Forsythiaside has anti-tumor effect

Chemotherapy is an important means of treating cancer at present. While killing cancer cells, chemotherapy drugs are also toxic to normal cells in the body. Clinical studies have shown that during chemotherapy, according to the patient's constitution, cancer stage and the symptoms of toxic and side effects, supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the effect of chemotherapy can be effectively enhanced, and the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be avoided or alleviated to a certain extent. . Therefore, it is of great significance to screen out the traditional natural medicines in my country which can reduce the toxicity and enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. Experiments can prove that the drug prepared with forsythiaside has obvious synergistic effect on the anti-tumor and anti-AIDS effects of chemotherapeutic drugs, and can reduce the side effects such as blood cell decline, liver and kidney damage caused by chemotherapeutic drugs.

4 Forsythiaside has choleretic effect

Yang Meilan et al. observed the effect of forsythiaside on bile flow in normal anesthetized rats by using bile duct drainage method, and determined the main components of bile respectively. The experimental results show that forsythiaside can significantly increase the flow of bile in anesthetized rats, showing a relatively obvious dose-effect relationship, but has no obvious effect on bile components. It shows that forsythiaside has obvious choleretic effect.

5 Inhibits elastase activity

Elastase is a hydrolase that mainly exists in human neutrophils and alveolar macrophages and has the ability to degrade various proteins such as collagen and elastin. Excessive elastase in the body may be the main cause of emphysema.Zhang Liwei et al studied the inhibitory effect of forsythiaside on porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) by agar diffusion assay. The results showed that forsythiaside had an inhibitory effect on elastase and inhibited elastase with the increase of forsythiaside concentration. The effect is strengthened.

Forsythia Extract Wholesalers

Nutra Herb Ingredients Co., Ltd. has been specialized in plant extraction for many years, and the forsythia extract produced has good medicinal effects and is a reliable supplier for everyone. If you need forsythia extract, you can contact us by email: Sales@nutranerbsource.com.

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