Prickly Pear Extract

Prickly pear extract is an active ingredient isolated from the fruit of the prickly pear through a specific process. It is rich in vitamin C, superoxide dismutase (SOD), polyphenols, and other substances, possessing antioxidant and immune-enhancing effects. Its applications are wide-ranging, but it should be used scientifically based on individual needs.

Core Components and Nutritional Value of Prickly Pear Extract

• Extremely High Vitamin C Content: The vitamin C content of prickly pear is approximately 250 times that of apples and 50 times that of citrus fruits. It is a natural antioxidant that helps scavenge free radicals and delay cell aging.
• SOD Active Substances: Superoxide dismutase effectively neutralizes superoxide anions in the body, reducing oxidative stress damage and protecting the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
• Flavones and Polyphenolic Compounds: For example, quercetin and proanthocyanidins have anti-inflammatory, lipid-regulating, and metabolism-promoting functions.

• Antioxidant and Anti-aging Effects:

Prickly pear is rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C, superoxide dismutase (SOD), flavonoids, and polyphenols. These effectively scavenge free radicals, reduce oxidative damage, delay cell aging, improve dry and sagging skin, and enhance the skin's antioxidant capacity.

• Immune Regulation:

Prickly pear polysaccharides can enhance non-specific and humoral immunity, promote macrophage phagocytosis, increase lymphocyte count and antibody secretion, improve immunity, and help fight disease.

• Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Regulation:

It can inhibit the activity of α-glucosidase and α-amylase, reduce glucose absorption, improve insulin resistance, and simultaneously lower serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, reducing the risk of atherosclerosis. It has an auxiliary regulatory effect on diabetes and hyperlipidemia.

• Anti-inflammatory Effects:

Flavonoids and triterpenoids can inhibit inflammatory signaling pathways, reduce the production of pro-inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6, and alleviate inflammatory responses such as arthritis, gastric ulcers, and oral ulcers.

• Detoxification:

Effective against heavy metal poisoning (lead, manganese, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, etc.) and fluoride poisoning; promotes heavy metal excretion, protects the liver and kidneys from oxidative damage, and enhances the body's detoxification ability.

• Organ Protection:

Protects myocardial cells, reduces cardiotoxicity caused by chemotherapy drugs; improves liver damage, increases liver antioxidant enzyme activity; reduces renal fibrosis, and protects renal tubular epithelial cells.

• Anti-fatigue:

Increases liver and muscle glycogen reserves, reduces lactic acid levels, prolongs exercise endurance, reduces oxidative stress, and relieves fatigue.

• Improved Sleep:

Clears free radicals, regulates neurotransmitter balance, increases serotonin levels in the brain, shortens sleep onset time, and improves sleep quality.

Food and Beverage Industry

• Nutritional Fortifiers: As a natural source of vitamin C, polysaccharides, flavonoids, and other nutrients, they are added to fruit juices, beverages, dairy products, pastries, and other foods to enhance nutritional value and antioxidant capacity.
• Functional Foods: Developing foods with functions such as regulating blood sugar and blood lipids, and enhancing immunity, such as prickly pear polysaccharide candies and prickly pear flavonoid tea.

Health Products and Pharmaceuticals

• Immune Regulation: Prickly pear polysaccharides can enhance non-specific and humoral immunity, and are used to produce immunomodulators and anti-fatigue health products to help improve the body's resistance.
• Adjunctive Treatment for Chronic Diseases: It has potential effects in regulating glucose and lipid metabolism, anti-atherosclerosis, lowering blood sugar, and lowering blood lipids. It can be used as an adjunct therapy drug or health product for the daily management of patients with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular diseases.

Cosmetics and Skin Care Products

• Anti-aging: Utilizing its antioxidant components (such as vitamin C, SOD, flavonoids, etc.), it scavenge free radicals, reduces skin oxidative damage, and delays skin aging, and is used in anti-wrinkle and anti-aging skin care products.
• Anti-inflammatory and repairing: Possesses anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, and can be used to treat skin inflammation, acne, eczema, etc., promoting skin repair and wound healing.
• Whitening and moisturizing: Inhibits melanin production, improves skin pigmentation, and enhances the skin's moisturizing ability; used in whitening and moisturizing skincare products.

Shaanxi Yuantai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was established in 2014, mainly supplying herbal extracts, functional cosmetic raw materials, organic products, etc. We have our own factories, R&D and quality inspection teams, and have the conditions for development, production, and quality assurance. At present, we have obtained ISO9001, ISO22000, HALAL, KOSHER, HACCP, FDA and other certificates. Therefore, the quality of our products is guaranteed, and it is our original intention to bring high-quality products to customers.

packaging

1KG/Aluminium bags , 25kg/barrel

Storage: Store in a cool, dry, clean place away from moisture and direct light.

We also have special packaging for special products, such as: retinal - cold chain transportation; deoxyarbutin - vacuum transportation