Overview | Golden Sunflower (hibiscusmanhol.) it is an annual herb, Malvaceae and okra, which is a kind of wild endangered rare flower growing in the deep mountain gap. The golden sunflower was first contained in the "Shunde Fu Zhi" during the period of Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the lack of domestic modern literature, it was found again in Xingtai, Hebei province in 2003, in more than 200 okra plants in the most edible, medicinal, nutrition and beauty, slimming and other health functions. It has been reported in patents that the golden sunflower can be further processed into advanced health care products, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. At present, there is no collection in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and the standards issued by the Ministry of Public Health, but some pharmacological studies have proved that it has good analgesic and anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypolipidemic, immunomodulatory, inhibition of tumor cells, has high medicinal value and broad prospects for development. Golden Sunflower has the reputation of "giant panda", containing a variety of plant bioactive substances, mainly flavonoids, vitamin E, unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber and trace elements and so on. These nutrients are necessary but not self-synthesis, must rely on dietary intake, in recent years, sunflower as an important source of flavonoids extracted by all parties concerned. |
Use | studies have shown that gossypol-8-o-glucuronide is the flavonoid compound with the highest content in sunflower, is one of the main active ingredients of sunflower, as a typical flavonoid alcohol compound containing 6 hydroxyl groups, has good anti-inflammatory activity and nerve cell protective effect. Clinically, it can be used as a potential drug for anti-senile dementia, tumor diseases and cardiovascular diseases. |