Cranberry Extract
Latin Name :Vaccinium Macrocarpon L
Used Part : Fruit
Active Ingredient:Proanthocyanidins/ Anthocyanidins
Color : Dark Red to Purple Red
Specification:
(1) 1-25% Anthocyanidins UV(Chinese Standard,European Standard)
(2) 1-36% Anthocyanidins HPLC
(3) 1%-40% Proanthocyanidins
(4) 5:1,10:1,20:1,25:1,30:1
(5) Concentrated Juice Powder
(6) Straight powder, Extract Ratio 4:1 to 20:1
Introduction
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the
subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In Britain, cranberry may refer to
the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, while in North America,
cranberry may refer to Vaccinium macrocarpon.
Vaccinium oxycoccos is cultivated in central and northern Europe,
while Vaccinium macrocarpon is cultivated throughout the northern United States,
Canada and Chile.In some methods of classification,
Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right. They can be found in
acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere.
Cranberry(Vaccinium Macrocarpon L.) is a kind of round,bright red
fruit with elastic skin on short vine,also called red small plum.
Since the early 21st century within the global functional food industry,
raw cranberries have been marketed as a "superfruit"
Function
1. Improve the level of intracellular vitamin C and lower the capillary permeability and brittle
2. Prevent the cardiovascular diseases;
3. As a powerful antioxidant, cranberry extract can protect eyes against free-radical damage.
4. Anthocyanins and other flavonoids substances, show the effect on the aggregation of platelet obviously.
5. Prevent the cardiovascular diseases;
6. Quench free radical, antioxidant, and anti-aging;
7. A treatment for mild inflammation of the mucous membranes of mouth and throat;
8. A treatment for diarrhea, enteritis, urethritis, cystitis and virosis rheum epidemic, with
its antiphlogistic and bactericidal action;
9. Protect and regenerate retinal purple (rhodopsin), and cure patients with eye diseases such as pigmentosa, retinitis, glaucoma, and myopia, etc.
