Mentha Piperita Leaf Extract

Products Description:

Introduction:
1. Peppermint (Mentha × piperita, also known as M. balsamea Willd.) is a hybrid mint, a cross between the watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant. The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world. It is found wild occasionally with its parent species.
Peppermint has a long tradition of medicinal use, with archaeological evidence placing its use at least as far back as ten thousand years ago.
2. Peppermint has a high menthol content, and is often used as tea and for flavouring ice cream, confectionery, chewing gum, and toothpaste. The oil also contains menthone and menthyl esters, particularly menthyl acetate. It is the oldest and most popular flavour of mint-flavoured confectionery. Peppermint can also be found in some shampoos and soaps, which give the hair a minty scent and produce a cooling sensation on the skin.
3. In 2007, Italian investigators reported that 75% of the patients in their study who took peppermint oil capsules for four weeks had a major reduction in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, compared with just 38% of those who took a placebo. Similarly, Trials found that peppermint oil has the ability to reduce colicky abdominal pain due to IBS. Peppermint relaxes the gastro-esophageal sphincter, thus promoting belching. Peppermint oil is used by commercial pesticide applicators, in the EcoSmart Technologies line of products, as a natural insecticide.
4. The Peppermint Extract used in dietary supplements is derived from the leaves of the plant peppermint (Mentha × piperita).

Function
1. Promoting Iymphocyte-blastogenesis.
2. Increasing coronary flow and myocardial contractility.
3. Lowering the level of blood lipids.
4. Inhibiting the growth of Bacillus tuberculosis and various kinds of fungi in vitro. 

Application
1. Applied in the food field, it has become a new raw material which used in food and beverageindustry;
2. Applied in the health product field;
3. Applied in the pharmaceutical field.