Mulberry Leaf, A Precious Herb
2024.04.16
Mulberry leaf, a kind of food for Silkworm, also famous for its function in clinical, health care products and cosmetic.
The main ingredients of Mulberry leaf are flavonoids compounds (rutin, quercetin, isoquercitrin etc), alkaloid (DNJ, arabitol etc), phytosterol (β-sitosterol, Stigmasterol, Camposterol etc), γ-aminobutyricacid and Mulberry polysaccharide. And among of these ingredients, DNJ is only found in Mulberry Leaf.
In China, Mulberry Leaf has been a main traditional medicine since ancient times. People use this material to eliminate the inflammation, reduce the edema symptom and relieve the thirsty syndrom (diabets syndrom). In nowadays, people also use the dry leaves as tea to relieve summer heat and quell thirst.
In clinical, Mulberry Leaf as medicine mainly for below aspects:
1, Lowering of blood pressure
Quercetin as one of the main ingredients has the effect of dilating the coronary vessels, improving cardiac circulation, then promoting the flow of the blood to lower the blood pressure.
2, Regulating blood sugar level
The alkaloid DNJ (1- deoxynojirimycin) has the effect of restraining the disaccharidase enzymatic activity, so that it can reduce the peak value of postprandial blood sugar.
3, Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects
The Mulberry Leaf juice has the strong restrained influence on the growing of Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and some yeasts.
4, Antiviral and anti-tumor effects
Study shows that the inhibition rate of Mulberry Leaf in tumor metastasis as high as 80.5%. And the more DNJ content it has, the higher inhibition rate it is. And the vitamins in Mulberry Leaf also have the inhibition function in anti-tumor.
Except the above internal use, Mulberry Leaf as cosmetic product also has good anti-aging effect. According to studies, the Mulberry Leaf extract can not only strongly eliminate the free radical, but also can reduce the damage rate of the DNA of celluar.
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