Description
Other Name: Prunus Africana Extract
Latin Name: Prunus Africana L./Pygeum africanum L.
Specification:15%Phytosterols
Detection method: HPLC
Active Ingredients:
The active ingredients are extracted from the bark of the herb, mainly containing 14% triterpenes (urolic acids, oleanolic acid, crataegolic acid), 0.5% n-docosanol, and Phytosterol (β-sitosterol, β-sitosterone, Campesterol).
Appearance: Brown powder
Function:
1. Protect the bladder smooth muscle against cellular damage caused by ischemia and reperfusion;
2. Inhibit benign prostatic hypertrophy and cancer of the prostate and Restore secretary activity of prostate epithelium;
3. Clear bladder neck urethral obstruction, significantly improving urologic symptoms and flow measures;
4. Used for incontinence, urine retention, polyuria or frequent urination, dysuria.
Applications:
1. Pharmaceutical
2. Health care products
Description About Pygeum Extract(Pygeum Bark Extract)
Pygeum is an evergreen tree native to Africa.The Pygeum Bark Extract used in dietary supplements is derived from the bark of the plant Pygeum africanum L. (or Prunus Africana L.). Medical trials and research carried out in France, established that Pygeum extract has positive effects on the prostate gland. Specifically, it increases glandular secretions and reduces levels of cholesterol within the organ. In most Western countries surgery is the main option for enlarged prostates.
Prunus africana extract have anti-proliferative effects on fibroblasts and inhibits bladder hyper- reactivity, which are over produced in BPH. Phytosterols competes with androgen precursors and inhibit prostaglandin biosynthesis to reduce prostatic cholesterol levels. Triterpenes have anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting enzymes involved in the depolymerization of proteoglycans in prostate connective tissue. It improves symptoms of BPH and prostatic adenoma (esp. nocturia, flow rate, voided volume, and/or residual volume) by increasing prostatic secretions and improves seminal fluid composition.
