Luo Han Guo Extract is a natural substance extracted from the fruit of Luo Han Guo (scientific name: Momordica Grosvenori Swingle), which has a variety of unique properties and a wide range of applications. The following is a detailed analysis of Luo Han Guo Extract:
1.Basic Properties
Appearance and color: Luo Han Guo Extract is usually a light yellow powder to brownish-brown dip, with a very high sweetness, its sweetness far exceeds sucrose, up to 120-300 times of sucrose, and sweetness is close to granulated sugar, with a slightly similar to the aftertaste of licorice.
Solubility: Luo Han Guo Extract is easily soluble in water and ethanol, which makes it easy to use in food and beverage industries.
Stability: Luo Han Guo Extract can remain stable at high temperatures without decomposition or deterioration, making it suitable for use in baked goods and other products processed at high temperatures.
2.The main components
Luo Han Guo Extract is rich in a variety of active ingredients, mainly including:
Luo Han Guo Sweet Glycoside: This is the most important sweet component in Luo Han Guo Extract, which is extremely sweet and does not contain calories, and is an ideal substitute for sucrose. Luo Han Guo sweet glycosides mainly include Glycoside V and Glycoside IV, of which Glycoside V is 256-344 times sweeter than sucrose, while Glycoside IV is 126 times sweeter than sucrose.
Other ingredients: Luo Han Guo Extract also contains fructose, amino acids, flavonoids and manganese, iron, nickel, selenium and other inorganic elements and vitamin C and other nutrients.
3.Efficacy and function
Sweetener: Because Luo Han Guo Extract has a high-intensity sweetness and contains almost no calories, it is widely used in low-calorie, sugar-free or low-sugar foods and beverages, such as coffee, tea, fruit juice, ice cream, yogurt, cookies, chocolate and so on. It can satisfy people’s demand for sweet flavor and also effectively control calorie intake, which is beneficial to weight and blood sugar control.
Health Functions:
Hypoglycemic: Luo Han Guo Extract contains Luo Han Guo Sweet Glycoside which has hypoglycemic effect and can be used to assist in the treatment of diabetes.
Antioxidant and anticancer: Luo Han Guo Extract contains a variety of antioxidant components, such as flavonoids and vitamin C, which can scavenge free radicals and inhibit tumor cell proliferation, thus exerting antioxidant and anticancer effects.
Moistening the lungs, relieving cough, clearing heat and detoxification: Luo Han Guo Extract has the herbal effect of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, clearing heat and detoxification, and can be used to treat respiratory diseases such as sore throat, cough, asthma, and oral problems such as mouth ulcers and bleeding gums.
Beauty and aging: Luo Han Guo Extract in a variety of active ingredients can promote collagen synthesis, increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles and pigmentation, so as to have beauty and aging effect.
Other effects: Luo Han Guo Extract also has a variety of effects such as lowering blood lipids, weight loss, relieve fatigue.
4.Application Fields
Luo Han Guo Extract is widely used in many fields due to its unique properties and various effects:
Food industry: as a natural sweetener to replace sucrose, used in the production of a variety of low-calorie, sugar-free or low-sugar food and beverages.
Medicine and health care: used to develop medicines and health care products with the efficacy of lowering blood sugar, antioxidant, anticancer and so on.
Cosmetics: Utilizing its efficacy of beauty and aging, it is used to make a variety of beauty and skin care products.
5.Precautions
When using Luo Han Guo Extract, the dosage and method recommended by the product description or doctor should be followed.
People who are allergic to Luo Han Guo Extract should avoid using Luo Han Guo Extract and its products.
Patients should consult a doctor and follow medical advice when taking medicines or health products containing Luo Han Guo Extract.