The root or the whole herb of Cyanotis Extract is used as medicine, which has the functions of expelling wind and activating collaterals, reducing dampness and swelling, and relieving weakness. The β-ecdysone it contains can promote cell growth, stimulate dermal cell division, and promote human protein synthesis. It is widely used in silkworm breeding to regulate the growth and development of silkworms, and promote the neatness of the silkworms; in aquaculture, it is also used to promote the shelling of shrimps and crabs to achieve the purpose of high yield. Dewweed is the plant with the highest beta ecdysone content reported so far, and it is also the main raw material for extracting beta ecdysone. The content of β-ecdysone in the whole plant of C. chinensis accounted for 1.2% of its dry weight, and the content of the underground part reached 2.9%. As a raw material drug specially used to extract beta ecdysone, it is traditionally recorded as using the root as medicine, harvesting the root, or the whole plant.
Different fields of application of Ecdysterone:
In shrimp:
It can make shrimps and crabs shell in time, remove harmful parasites from the body, thereby speeding up growth; promote metabolism and protein synthesis in the body, and enhance stress resistance; significantly improve the consistency of shrimp and crab shelling, effectively avoid killing each other, and greatly improve the survival rate ; The bactericidal and bacteriostatic ingredients contained in the product can effectively improve the ability of shrimps and crabs to resist diseases;
In Silkworm:
Reduce the reproductive age cycle, make the upper cocoon neat, and promote silkworm spinning and cocooning.
Agricultural pest control:
Ecdysone can affect all developmental stages of insects from hatched larvae to adults, so it controls or kills agricultural pests, and is also developed and applied as a pesticide;
Crop Growth:
Ecdysone also has some effects on the physiological process of crops, and it also has a good development and application prospect in the field of crop yield adjuvant;
Application on the human body:
It has the functions of regulating blood sugar and blood lipids, promoting collagen synthesis, anti-arrhythmia, anti-fatigue, regulating blood sugar, promoting cell growth, and stimulating dermal cell division.
Cosmetic application:
Ecdysone has a good regressing effect on facial melasma pigmentation, traumatic dark spots and freckles, and has obvious curative effect on acne; it can make senile skin lesions flatten and flattened and pityriasis simplex disappear, facial wrinkles become shallower, and normal skin is more Moisturizing and glossy ecdysone is a promising botanical skin care cosmetic additive. It is an effective substance that can enhance cell metabolism and activation, and has good exfoliating, spot-removing and whitening effects.
