Product name | Fenugreek extract |
Use site | Seed |
Plant sources | Fenugreek |
Active ingredients | Contain protein, vitamin C, niacin, potassium, and diosgenin, starch, sugars, mucilage, mineral matters, volatile oil, fixed oil, vitamins and enzymes. |
Detection method | HPLC |
Appearance | Dark brown paste |
Efficacy | 1. Regulate blood sugar and promote body building. 2. Reduce cholesterin and protect heart. 3. Bulk laxative and lubricates the intestines. 4. Good for eyes and help with asthma and sinus problems. |
Application range | 1. Fenugreek seed extract can regulate blood sugar and promote body building. 2. Fenugreek seed extract can reduce cholesterin and protect heart. 3. Fenugreek seed extract is good for eyes and can help solve asthma and sinus problems. 4. Fenugreek seed extract can expel cold, cure abdominal distention and fullness, cure enteric hernia and cold damp cholera. |
Chemical constituents of Fenugreek seed
According to Wikipedia, the main bioactive phytochemical components of fenugreek seeds include, but not limited to protodioscin, trigoneoside, diosgenin, yamogenin, and also contain (2S,3R,4S) 4-hydroxyisoleucine, trigonelline, sotolone, furostan-based and spirostan-based saponins. Steroidal saponins constitute 4% to 6% of the dried fenugreek seeds weight.
As per studies on flavonoids from Fenugreek by Chinese researchers, fenugreek seed contains more than 40 approved components in the categories of proteins and amino acids, flavonoids, saponins and steroidal saponins, coumarin, lipids, vitamins, minerals, galactomannan fiber and alkaloids
45-60% carbohydrates, mainly mucilaginous fiber (galactomannans);
20-30% proteins high in lysine and tryptophan;
5-10% fixed oils (lipids);
pryridine-type alkaloids mostly trigonelline (0.2-0.36%), choline (0.5%), gentianine,
and carpaine;
flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin, orientin, quercetin, vitexin, and isovitexin);
free amino acids (4-hydroxyisoleucine , arginine, histidine, and lysine);
calcium and iron;
saponins (0.6-1.7%); glycosides yielding steroidal sapogenins on hydrolysis (diosgenin, yamogenin, tigogenin, neotigogenin);
cholesterol and sitosterol, vitamins A, B1, C, and nicotinic acid; And 0.015% volatile oils (n-alkanes and sesquiterpenes).
1. Normalize glucose metabolism and Regulate blood sugar to control high blood sugar in people with diabetes;
2. Reduce cholesterin and protect heart.
3. To Improve muscle strength and lean muscle mass as promote body building;
4. Good for eyes and help with asthma and sinus problems.
5. In traditional Chinese medical science, the product is for kidney health, expelling cold, cure abdominal distention and fullness, cure enteric hernia and cold dam.
1. To promote the role of insulin secretion.
2. Improve muscle strength and lean muscle mass.
3. Lowering the cholesterol level.