Botanical Source: Vaccinnium Macrocarpon L
Appearance: Brownish-yellow
Standard:  3% Flavones、10:1
Water: not more than 5.0%

Extraction Type :Solvent Extraction

English name: Dandelion root Extract

Latin name : Herba Taraxaci

CAS:127-22-0

Taraxacum  is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion from French dent-de-lion, meaning lions tooth) is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.

Active components:

It contains bitters of glycoside origin (taraxacin and taraxacirin), triterpene compounds of basically spirit origin as well as sitosterol and sigmasterol, polysaccharides (generally insulin).

Main Function:

1. Anti-bactericidal and anti-inflammatory, it can accelerate the concrescence of the wounds;

2. With the function of clearing heat and discharging toxin, diuretic, relieving depression and breast expansion;

3. With the function of treating liver inflammation and congestion;

4. With the function of filtering toxins and waste in blood, gallbladder, liver and kidney;

5. With the function of treating common cold, chronic gastritis and constipation;

6. It can promote the functional recovery of the human immunity system.

Application

1. As raw materials of drugs for clearing and detoxifying, diuretic, treating hepatitis and so on, it is used in pharmaceutical field;

2. Applied in the fields of food and health product , dandelion contains a lot of amino acids, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, which can help body with better health care;

3. As products active ingredients for diuretic, eliminating breast expansion and constipation, it is used in health industry.