What is plant extract?
When talking about plant extract, firstly, we think it’s a natural approach to get some organic substance that may potentially treat our disease. Indeed, natural ingredients are widely applied in various areas, including healthy nutrition supplements, therapeutic drugs, skincare materials, and food additives.
Plant extracts are products formed by taking plants as raw materials and obtaining or concentrating one or more substances in plants through the extraction and separation process according to the needs of the use of the final product, generally without changing the original ingredients of the plant.
The separation methods of plant extract, typically from ancient to modern, have been continuously improved and optimized by researchers, mainly improving the purity and efficiency of the active ingredient in plants. Now the primary herb extraction method includes steam distillation, solvent extraction(alcohol), Ultrasound Extraction (Sonication), and Supercritical Fluid Extraction(CO2).
How does Plant Extract help us?
Daily intake of vitamin c tablets may be your regular habit, and it helps prevent colds and some chronic diseases, according to research. But do you know how the supplement is produced? Vitamin c is primarily found in oranges, kiwi fruit, Acerola cherry, and other foods, and then the substance extracted from the fruit forms natural vitamin c tablets.
References:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/plant-extract
https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/extraction_techniques%20_medicinal_plants.pdf
https://herbingredients.weebly.com/blog/what-is-herb-extract
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