Plant extracts are extracted or processed from plants (all or part of a plant) using appropriate solvents or methods, which can be used in the pharmaceutical, food, the daily chemical industry and other industries.
Classification of plant extracts:
1. According to the level of active ingredients, it can be divided into three types: effective monomer extract, standard plant extract and ratio extract;
2. Ingredients: Divided into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.;
3.Product form: it can be divided into vegetable oil, extract, powder, lens, etc.
4. By use, plant extracts can be further divided into natural pigment, traditional Chinese medicine extract , extract products, and concentrate.
What are the applications of plant extracts?
The applications of plant extracts is already very broad nowadays, except for the traditional use in traditional Chinese medicinal , with the gradually increasing trust and dependence on natural products, a large proportion of plant extracts have been used in health products, food ingredients categories. Additionally, plant extracts have found applications in recent years in cosmetics, feed.
There are several classifications of some of the best-selling plant extract varieties internationally, for example, salidroside, Ginkgo biloba, ginseng extracts, etc. are used in the fields of brain building, noozing, preventing and treating dementia;
Liquorice, garlic, Astragalus and soybean extracts are used in the field of human immune system.
