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Product Name: Xanthophyll/Lutein powder/Natural Lutein powder/Marigold flower extract
Botanical Source: Marigold Flower
Latin Name: Tagetes Erecta L.
Part Used: Flower
Appearance: Reddish orange yellow fine powder
Specification: 5%, 10%, 20%, 50%, 98% HPLC/ UV
CAS No.: 127-40-2
Molecular formula: C30H26O12
Molecular weight: 568.85
Description:
Lutein from marigold Asteraceae Tagetes plants raised in a pigment widely used in food additives, also used as a medicinal pigment. Lutein is a widely found in vegetables, flowers, fruits and other plants in the natural material, living in "Class carrot category of" family matter, now known to exist in nature, more than 600 types of carotenoids, only about 20 species exist in the person's blood and tissues. In the human body found in carotenoids include d a-carotene, P 1 carrot category, cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene, and are not flavin. Medical experiments prove that the plant contains a natural lutein is an excellent anti-oxidant in food by adding a certain amount of lutein can prevent cellular senescence and aging body organs, but can also prevent age-related macular degeneration eye due to decreased vision and blindness, through a series of medical research, carotenoids have been proposed as cancer prevention agents, life-prolonging agent, ulcers resist agent, a heart attack and coronary artery disease resistance agent.
Applications:
Lutein has the characteristics, such as natural, nutrition and multifunction. It is extensively used in food, health products, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and feed additive.
1. Applied in food field, it is mainly used as food additives for colorant and nutrient.
2. Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is mainly used in vision care products to alleviate visual fatigue, reduce incidence of AMD, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), cataract, retinopathy, myopia, floaters, and glaucoma.
3. Applied in cosmetics, it is mainly used to whitening, anti-wrinkle and UV protection.
4. Applied in feed additive, it is mainly used in feed additive for laying hens and table poultry to improve the color of egg yolk and chicken. Make high commercial value fishes more attactive, such as salmon, trout and spectacular fish. |
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Xanthophyll(Lutein)
Product Name: Xanthophyll(Lutein)
Specification:5%~80%HPLC
CAS:127-40-2
MF&MW:C40H56O2,568.87
CF:
Xanthophyll(Lutein)
Product Name: Marigold Oleoresin
Specification:
-Xanthophyll content:100-160g/kg
-Arsenic:＜2.0ppm
-Lead:＜2.0ppm
-Metcury:＜2.0ppm
Application:Natural pigment,Widely used in food, cosmetics, tobacco, medicine and feed additive.
Package:200kg iron drum with epoxy resin paint inside or according to the customer's requirements.
Storage:Protect from light and heat.Store in cool,dry,airproof and innocuous condition.
Lutein is extracted from marigold flower. Lutein is kind of xanthophyll and one of naturally occurring carotenoids. Usually lutein coexists with its isomer zeaxanthin, and they can be interconverted in the body. Lutein is synthesized only by plants. Humans and mammals must obtain lutein from food.
Lutein powder has yellow-red color, and it is insoluble in water and propyl glycol; slightly soluble in vegetable oil and n-hexane; soluble in ethanol, acetone and carrene; easily soluble in ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran and chloroform. Lutein is unstable to light and hydrogen, and it has to be stored in sealed, cool, dark and dry condition.
Lutein has a lot of health benefits. It has antioxidant property, and it may scavenge free radicals, support eye health, protect skin from ultraviolet ray damage, reduce the risk of suffering diabetes, and inhibit the increase of cancer cells.
Lutein is primarily used as a colorant in food and supplements due to its yellow-red color. It appears yellow at low concentrations and orange-red at high concentrations.
Lutein can also be used as addtives to feeds for poultry, fish and shrimps.
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