Hawthorn leaf extract is extracted from the dried leaves of hawthorn. Its main active ingredients are flavonoids, among which vitexin rhamnoside and hyperoside are high in content. It has the benefits of lowering blood pressure, increasing coronary blood flow, lowering blood lipids, lowering triglycerides and cholesterol, resisting hypoxia, inhibiting or scavenging oxygen free radicals, resisting lipid peroxidation, improving liver microcirculation and resisting inflammatory damage, and has great clinical value in the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system.
The Distinction Between Leaf and Berry Extracts of Hawthorn
1) The two raw materials differ in their flavonoid concentration.
Hawthorn fruit raw materials have a low flavonoid level, whereas hawthorn leaves have a greater flavonoid content;
2) There are differences between the two raw materials additional active components.
Whereas the flavonoid products of hawthorn leaf extract contain components like vitexin and vitexin rhamnoside, the flavonoid products of hawthorn fruit extract contain organic acids;
3) The two have different consequences and applications.
A common ingredient in functional meals, hawthorn fruit extract helps to strengthen the stomach and facilitate digestion. In health goods, hawthorn leaf extract is mostly used to reduce the three highs.
Hawthorn leaf extract has the following main benefits:
1. Benefits to the cardiovascular system
1) Lowering blood lipids
Flavonoids including vitexin and quercetin are found in hawthorn leaf extract. These flavonoids can lower blood levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and cholesterol (TC). It works by preventing the liver from synthesizing cholesterol and encouraging its metabolism and excretion.
2) Anti-arrhythmia
It has the ability to control myocardial cells‵ electrophysiological activity. It can decrease the discharge of aberrant impulses, suppress myocardial cell autonomy, and stabilize the myocardial cell membrane.
3) Improve myocardial ischemia
It can dilate coronary arteries and increase coronary blood flow. This is because the active ingredients in it can act on the coronary vascular smooth muscle to dilate the blood vessels.
2. Antioxidant effect
1) Scavenging free radicals
Superoxide anion free radicals (O₂⁻), hydroxyl free radicals (·OH), and other free radicals in the body can be eliminated by the flavonoids and phenolic acid components it contains, which have considerable antioxidant action.
2) Delaying aging
To some extent, Hawthorn Leaf Extract can postpone the aging process of cells because it can eliminate free radicals and lessen oxidative damage to cells. When seen holistically, it can lower malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, boost the activity of antioxidant enzymes like glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and strengthen the body‵s antioxidant defense system. Lipid peroxidation is the source of MDA. Its lower level suggests that there is less oxidative damage to cells, which helps to preserve the cells‵ natural structure and function and postpones the body‵s aging process.
3. Other benefits
1) Improve sleep
It may have a certain sedative and tranquilizing effect. Its specific mechanism may be related to the regulation of neurotransmitters.
2) Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
It has an inhibitory effect on some common bacteria and fungi. The flavonoids and organic acids in it may be the main substances that exert antibacterial effects.
Application fields
1) Medical field
Hawthorn leaf extract pills, which are primarily used to treat coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, and other conditions, are made here as raw materials for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders. Studies on its application in the creation of medications to treat disorders of the neurological system are also available.
2) Health care products
Used as ingredients in pharmaceutical goods, such as capsules containing hawthorn leaf extract, to control blood cholesterol levels, prevent oxidation, etc. It can help people avoid heart problems and increase their body‵s antioxidant capacity as a medical product.
3) Cosmetic field
Cosmetics like lotions and essences contain hawthorn leaf extract because of its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities. It can help improve the elasticity and shine of the skin, lessen inflammation, and prevent the aging process.
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