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  Black Currant Extract Powder,Organic Black Currant Extract,

                                      Black Currant Juice Powder

About Black Currant

 The blackcurrant is native to northern Europe and Asia. It was in cultivation in Russia by the 11th century when it was present in monastery gardens and also grown in towns and settlements. Cultivation in Europe is thought to have started around the last decades of the 17th century. The medicinal properties of the plant have been noted in various herbals and traditional names included quinsy berry and squinancy berry. 

The fruit has very high vitamin C content (several times the recommended daily dietary reference intake per 100 g), good levels of potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and vitamin B5, and a broad range of other essential nutrients (see nutrient table, right). Other phytochemicals in the fruit (polyphenols/anthocyanins) have been demonstrated in laboratory experiments with potential to inhibit inflammation mechanisms suspected to be at the origin of heart disease, cancer, microbialinfections or neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease Major anthocyanins in blackcurrant pomaceare delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, delphinidin-3-O-rutinoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, and cyanidin-3-O-rutinoside which are retained in the juice concentrate among other yet unidentified polyphenols. In one study in vitro, blackcurrant juice was found to have high antioxidant content and be a potent free radicalscavenger and chelator of iron.

Black currant (Ribes nigrum) is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia. Blackcurrant fruits are a good source of minerals and vitamins, especially vitamin C. They have diuretic and diaphoretic actions, help to increase bodily resistance to infections. Anthocyanidins have putative antioxidant and radical-scavenging effects which may protect cells from oxidative damage and reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Specifications

Product Name: Black Currant Extract, black currant P.E., black currant                            powder, black current powder extract

Latin Name: Ribes nigrum L.

Plant part used: Fresh Fruit (Berry) 

Specification :Anthocyanins 1%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%

                  Anthocyanidins , 4:1, 5:1, 12:1, 25:1

                  Proanthocyanidins 5-4

Test method : HPLC and UV

Appearance: Dark purple red powder

Grade: Pharmaceutical and food

Extraction Type: Solvent extraction

[Main Functions]

1. Reduces cardiovascular disease

2. Greatly reduces cancer cell proliferation and inhibit tumor formation

3. Enhances memory and prevent age -related declines in neural function 

4. Markedly inproves visual acuity through enhancing night vision or overall vision

5. Can aid in the prevention of obesity and diabetes as a functional food component

[Applications]

(1). Applied in health product field;

(2). Applied in food field, it is usually used as food additive;

(3). Applied in cosmetic field, as a kind of raw material, it can mix a natural cosmetics.