Coptis Chinensis Extract 10:1 TLC

Introduction

The plant of coptis chinensis is a perennial herb. Root & rhizome is yellow, branched often, and densely covered with many fibrils. All leaves are basal. Petiole is from 5 to 16cm. Blade is papery, ovate-triangular, 10cm wide, and 3-lobed. Flower stems are 1 to 2 in number, equal or longer to leaf in length. Dichotomous or pleiochasium cyme has 3 to 8 flowers. Bracts are lanceolate and 3 to 5 pinnatipartite. Seeds are 7 to 8 pieces, oblong, about 2mm, and brown. Its flowering period is from February to April and fruiting period from March to June. Major chemical constituents of Coptis chinensis are 5.56% to 7.25% berberine, coptisine, epiberberine, berberrubine, palmatine, columbamine, jatrorrhizine, worenine, magnoflorine, ferulic acid, obakunone, and obakulactone.

Functions

Clear heat and dampness, purge fire and detoxify. Used for damp-heat rubenian, vomiting and swallowing acid, diarrhea, yellow anthrax, high fever god faint, hyperactive heart fire, upset, blood heat vomiting epistaxis, eye red, toothache, thirst, carbuncle sore treatment; External treatment of eczema, wet sores, ear canal discharge pus.

Application

1. It is mainly used in pharmaceutical field.

2. It is mainly used in health product industry.

3. Medicine and health products, beverages and food additives,etc.