Bupleurum extract has various pharmacological effects, including antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, lipid-lowering, hepatoprotective, choleretic, inhibiting gastric acid secretion, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor, and immune regulation.
Bupleurum, Chinese medicine name. It is a herbal medicine included in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia". The medicinal part is the dried root of the Umbelliferae plant Bupleurum or Bupleurum angustifolia. Excavate in spring and autumn, remove stems, leaves and sediment, and dry. Bupleurum is a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug. Also known as Radix Rehmanniae, Shancai, Mushroom Grass, and Chai Cao, they are bitter and slightly cold in nature and flavor, and belong to the liver and gallbladder meridian. Bupleurum root contains volatile oil, bupleurum alcohol, oleic acid, linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, tetracosyl acid, glucose and saponins. Saponins include saikosaponins a, c, and d, saikosaponins F, E, and G, and longigenin. It has also been reported that saikuruside was isolated from the roots and seeds, which is a general term for various glycosides. Xi'an, Yuze, Biology, In addition, the roots contain α-spinasterol, Δ7-stigmosterol, Δ22-stigmesterenol, stigmasterol, calendulol, and angelica. Stems and leaves contain rutin. The oil content of the fruit is 11.2%, including corianderic acid, trans-corianderlic acid and coriannic acid. Bupleurum angustifolia root contains saponins, fatty oils, volatile oils, and bupleurum alcohol. Stems and leaves contain rutin. Golden Bupleurum contains rutin, ribitol, 29-acetate, 2-hexadecanol, α-bolesterol, flavonols, saponins, alkaloids, ascorbic acid, carotene, etc. During the flowering and fruiting stages, quercetin, isoquercetin, rutin, isorhamnetin and isorhamnetin-3-rutinoside can be obtained from flowers, leaves and stems. Bupleuri root contains saikudin, α-spinasterol, sucrose and polyacetylenic compounds.
Product Name |
Bupleurum Extract |
Source |
Bupleurum chinense DC. |
Extraction part |
root |
Specifications |
5% saikosaponin 10:1 |
Appearance |
Brown yellow powder |
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