Loquat Leaf Extract
Latin name: Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.
Part of Plant Used: Leaf
Active Ingredient: Ursolic Acid
CAS: 77-52-1
Molecular Formula: C30H48O3
Molecular Weight: 456.71
Testing Method: HPLC
Appearance: Light Yellow or White Fine Powder
Introduction:
It is the leaves of loquat belonged to rosaceae plant. It is green arbor or shrub. Its leaves are alternative and long oval-shaped or inverted ovate. There are scattered sawtooth on the edge. There are many folds in the front of base.There is thick and rusty nap behind the base. It is fostered all over the world, and wildly grows in Sichuan and Hubei province .It can be picked all the year.
Active Ingredients:
It includes amygdaline, ursolic acid, Oleanolic acid, Vitamin B1, and C, tannin, organic acid, carbohydrate and so on.
Functions:
1. Removing heat from the lung to relieve cough, lowering the adverse flow of qi, preventing vomiting.
2. It can be used for cough due to the lung- heat, abnormal rising of the qi, rapid respiration, stomach heat, dysphasia with thirst.
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