What are the kinds of plant extracts

Plant extracts refer to substances extracted or processed from plants using appropriate solvents or methods, and can be used in the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, daily chemical industry and other industries.

Classification of plant extracts:

1.According to the content of active ingredients, it can be divided into three categories: effective monomer extract, standard extract and ratio extract.

2.According to the ingredients, it is divided into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.

3.According to the product form, it can be divided into vegetable oil, extract, powder, lens, etc.

4.According to the use, plant extracts can be divided into natural pigment products, traditional Chinese medicine extract products, extract products and concentrated products.

Application of plant extracts:

The application range of plant extracts is very wide now. In addition to the traditional use in traditional Chinese medicine products, with the gradual increase of people's trust and dependence on natural products, a large part of plant extracts have been used in healthcare products and food ingredients. In addition, plant extracts have been used in cosmetics and feed in recent years.

For example, rhodiola, ginkgo, and ginseng extracts are used in the fields of brain strengthening, intelligence, and prevention and treatment of senile dementia; green tea, citrus aurantium, apple, bitter gourd polypeptide extracts are used to lose weight, lower blood sugar and prevent diabetes; licorice, garlic, astragalus, soybean extracts are used in the field of human immune system.

Plant extracts in China are generally intermediate products with a wide range of uses, mainly used for medicines, healthcare products, tobacco, and cosmetics. There are also many kinds of material plants used for extraction. At present, there are more than 300 kinds of plants that have entered into industrial extraction.