Geniposide 

Geniposide a variety of purposes, can be made of natural food coloring agent, is used to treat cardiovascular, liver and gallbladder diseases and diabetes raw materials such as drugs.
1, choleretic effect
Gardenia has a clear role of cholecystokinin and its contraction was better than that of water, or even close to the effect of high-fat meal, so that the role of Gardenia with gallbladder stone row.
2, the role of acute pancreatitis
Gardenia extract SAP (severe pancreatitis) rats significantly decreased serum and tissue lipid peroxide activity level, and this maintenance of the body's own antioxidant, reducing oxygen free radicals and its cascading SAP reaction of the body caused by injury, reduce pancreatic injury will play beneficial effects. ,
3, Liver protection
Gardenia extract common bile duct ligation of GOT increased significantly reduce the effect, can increase the normal animals, Y, Z amount of proteins. UA contained in Gardenia can reduce serum transaminase, liver cancer cells was inhibited.
4, hypotensive effect
The water extract of Gardenia extract or alcohol, whether oral, intraperitoneal or intravenous administration of antihypertensive effect of both, the rapid intravenous blood pressure, maintain a short time. .
5, prevention of atherosclerosis and thrombosis
Endothelial cells after vascular injury may lead to block the growth of atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
6, sedation
7, anti-inflammatory effects and treatment of soft tissue injury
8, anti-microbial effect