¿Qué es Houttuynia cordata Extract? Aplicaciones, dosis, alternativas y especificaciones

Houttuynia cordata Extract, also known as Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb Extract, es un natural plant extracto processed from the dried aerial parts of Houttuynia cordata Thunb., a plant of the Saururaceae family, through extractoion, filtration, concentration, and drying processes. It es un functional ingredient with multiple biological activities. Houttuynia cordata was originally recorded in the Mingyi Bieliu (Records of Famous Physicians) as a lower-grade herb. It is distributed in areas south of the Yangtze River basin, primarily produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, and Henan provinces. The medicinal part is the whole plant incluyendo roots. It has a pungent taste, slightly cold nature, and enters the lung meridian. It has the functions of clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing abscesses and expelling pus, and promoting diureses unad relieving stranguria. It se utiliza para lung abscess with pus expectoration, phlegm-heat cough and asthma, dysentery, heat stranguria, and sores and swellings. It is known as “a broad-spectrum antibiotic in traditional Chinese medicine.” The Compendium of Materia Medica records: “Its leaves have a fishy odor, hence the common name fishy-smelling herb.” Houttuynia cordata has a medicinal history of several hundred years in China and es unlso a medicinal and edible plant, which can be consumed as a vegetable (como cold salad), possessing both biological activity and edible value. It contiene various active components incluyendo volatile aceites, flavonoids, alkaloids, and polysaccharides, with wide-ranging pharmacological effects incluyendo antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and immune-enhancing activities. Houttuynia cordata extracto products are disponible in various forms, incluyendo ratio extractos (4:1, 10:1, 20:1, etc.), volatile aceite extractos, polysaccharide extractos, flavonoid extractos, and líquido extractos.

El principal active components of Houttuynia cordata extracto are shown in the table below: Component Category

Volatile Aceites: Volatile aceites are important active components of Houttuynia cordata extracto, with main components incluyendo decanoyl acetaldehyde (houttuynium), methyl nonyl ketone, and lauroyl aldehyde. Decanoyl acetaldehyde is the most important antibacterial active component in the volatile aceite of Houttuynia cordata. Studies have shown that inert atmosphere or lower temperatures favor the extractoion of decanoyl acetaldehyde. Compared with conventional steam distillation, the content of decanoyl acetaldehyde aumentand from 0.03% to 0.53% under argon gas protegenion, and further aumentand to 3.37% under decompression.