Natural Grapefruit Peel Extract Naringenin
What is Naringenin?
Naringenin is a natural flavonoid compound, mainly found in grapefruit, tomatoes, grapes and citrus fruits of the Rutaceae family. Naringenin is soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide, and slightly soluble in water.
What Are The Benefits?
1. Antibacterial: Naringenin has a strong antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and can prevent bacterial infection.
2. Anti-inflammatory: Naringenin can inhibit inflammation, eliminate bacteria, and play a role in antipyretic, analgesic, and relieving inflammation.
3. Antioxidant: Naringenin can remove free radicals without contact with air, play an antioxidant role, and improve skin condition.
4. Immune regulation: Naringenin can restore the unbalanced immune state to a state close to the normal immune balance, which can effectively regulate the immune state and reduce the possibility of illness.
5. Protect the heart: Naringenin can reduce the total cholesterol content in plasma, enhance body metabolism, and reduce the occurrence of atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.
Applications
Food field
Naringenin is mainly used as a sweetener and preservative in foods. It can enhance the sweetness and taste of sweeteners, reduce the amount of sucrose used, improve the overall taste and bad aftertaste of food, and is used as a natural preservative in food.
Health care products field
Naringenin has a strong antibacterial effect in health products, can inhibit the inflammatory process, significantly reduce and inhibit blood cholesterol concentration and liver sterol content. It can also regulate immune function, accelerate fat metabolism, and promote the secretion of estrogen-like hormones.
Cosmetics field
Naringenin is used in cosmetics to inhibit the growth and activity of acne-causing bacteria, scavenge free radicals, and has good antioxidant capabilities. Used in combination with vitamin A, it also has the effect of preventing and treating skin aging, dryness, wrinkles and whitening.