Classification of Herbal Extracts

Herbal extracts refer to substances extracted or processed from plants (all or a part of plants) with appropriate solvents or methods, which can be used in pharmaceutical industry, food industry, daily chemical industry and other industries.

Classification of herbal extracts

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

2. According to the component, it can be divided into glucosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.

3. According to the product form, it can be divided into herbal oil, paste (liquid), powder, crystalline lens and so on.

4. According to the applications, it can be divided into natural pigment products, traditional Chinese medicine extracts, extracts products and concentrated products.

What are the Applications of Herbal Extracts?

Nowadays, the application range of herbal extracts has been very wide. In addition to traditional Chinese medicine products, with the gradual increase of people's trust and reliance on natural products, a large part of herbal extracts have been used in health care products and food ingredients. In addition, herbal extracts have been used in cosmetics and feed in recent years.

Some of the best-selling herbal extracts in the world have several categories, such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng extract for brain, intelligence, prevention and treatment of senile dementia field;

Green tea, Citrus Aurantium, apple and bitter melon extracts are used to loss weight, lower blood sugar and prevent diabetes.

Tea polyphenols, L-theanine, biological flavonoids, such as Lycopene, Anthocyanidins and other herbal extracts are used for anti-aging and anti-cancer fields.

Licorice, garlic, Astragalus, soybean extract are applied in the field of human immune system.

Among them, herbal essential oil is an oily liquid with aroma and volatility. It is composed of a mixture of various compounds and has physiological activity. It has many functions in medical treatment, such as relieving cough, relieving asthma, sweating, dispelling phlegm, relieving pain and antibacteria. Among the medicinal plants, the content of volatile oil is relatively rich, such as  Among the medicinal plants, the content of volatile oil is relatively rich, such as Platycladus orientalis, Magnoli, Cinnamon, Evodia, Angelica Dahurica, Ligusticum Rhizome, Angelica, Peppermint and so on.

Based on the legislative category, concept and usage of various countries, the concept of herbal extract can be accepted and recognized by all countries, and it is also a common way of spreading herbal medicine in all countries. Chinese exports of herbal extracts surpassed those of proprietary Chinese medicines as early as 1999. In Europe and The United States, herbal extracts and their products (botanical drugs or food supplements) have a broad market prospect, and has developed into a new industry with annual sales of nearly 8 billion DOLLARS.

Chinese herbal extracts are intermediates in general, and are widely used in medicines, health food, tobacco, cosmetics and other raw materials. There are also many kinds of raw material plants used for extraction. At present, more than 300 kinds of plants have entered industrial extraction.