Specifications
1%-5% HPLC
Appearance: brown yellow powder
Benefits
Mulberry leaf extract for diabetes
Mulberry leaf extract may be helpful to diabetes, and works in below three aspects:
As an α-glucosidase inhibitor
Mulberry leaf extract delays the absorption of sugar in food and reduces postprandial blood glucose.
1-DNJ is a natural and potent α-glucosidase inhibitor, it competitively binds α-glucosidase in the small intestine, and has a higher affinity than disaccharides such as sucrose and maltose and α-glucosidase, reducing disaccharide and the probability of α-glucosidase binding, thereby inhibiting the decomposition of disaccharide into glucose, a large amount of sugar is not absorbed and is sent to the large intestine. Due to the action of 1-DNJ, there is less glucose in the blood, so blood sugar is worth maintaining at a healthy level.
As a glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor
Mulberry extract inhibits the decomposition of hepatic glycogen and stabilizes fasting blood sugar.
Hepatic glycogen can be broken down into glucose by the action of glycogen phosphorylase, released into the blood, supplied to muscles and other organs, and is a source of energy for providing physical activity. With the mutual transformation of hepatic glycogen and glucose, ordinary people’s blood sugar is in a dynamic balance. In diabetic patients, excessive hepatic glycogen is broken down into glucose, which leads to an abnormal increase in fasting blood glucose levels. 1-DNJ can achieve a stable fasting blood glucose by inhibiting the activity of glycogen phosphorylase and preventing excessive hepatic glycogen from decomposing into glucose and causing an increase in blood glucose level.
Mulberry leaf extract for weight loss
1-DNJ can block the saccharolytic enzyme and reduce the probability of decomposition of starch into glucose after consumption, achieving weight loss. A variety of active substances of mulberry leaf extract can inhibit lipogenesis and stimulate lipolysis and have potential effects in the treatment of obesity.
Mulberry leaf extract for skin lightening
It can be used for skin whitening because it can reduce the skin’s melanin content, contains vitamin C and β-carotene, and has an antioxidant capacity, which can reduce free radical damage and reduce cancer risk.
