Okra extract is an extract of the tender fruit and whole plant of okra, mainly containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, trace elements, dietary fiber, flavonoids, polysaccharides and other ingredients. It has health functions such as anti-fatigue, stomach and liver protection, can reduce lung damage, improve the body's immunity, anti-cancer, diuresis, protect the heart, and enhance vasodilation.
Nutritional Components and Functions of Okra Extract
Okra tender pod extract is rich in pectin and dietary fiber. The viscosity of its pectin is very rare in the plant kingdom. The proportion of dietary fiber and the proportion of soluble dietary fiber are both very high in plants.
Okra tender pod extract is rich in vitamin A, carotene, vitamin C, E, etc., especially the content of vitamin A and carotene ranks first in the proportion of plants found.
Okra tender pod extract also contains a variety of trace elements such as selenium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, etc., but the content is not particularly rich.
In addition to rich pectin, okra tender pod extract also contains a substance referred to by some scientists as LM (a substance similar to natural hormones). If this designation is widely recognized by the industry, then it is a species that has its own name.
According to relevant experts, okra pod extract is rich in plant flavonoids, but less than in flowers (the content of okra flowers is about 300 times higher than that of soybean leaves.)
The anti-fatigue effects of ginseng and okra were compared: including mouse endurance test, hypoxia test, cold and heat test and the effect of blood lactate level after intense exercise. The experimental results show that okra has the same endurance effect as ginseng, and the effect is equivalent when the amount of okra used in hypoxia test is twice that of ginseng. The effect of cold resistance is lower than that of ginseng, but this is the advantage of large-scale tonic.
The sticky substance LM (mainly containing a substance similar to natural hormone) rich in okra pod extract can strengthen the kidney and replenish deficiency, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on male organic diseases. For young and middle-aged people and athletes, regular consumption can eliminate fatigue and quickly restore physical strength. Of course, this has this effect on all people.
At the same time, the mucus of okra pod extract can help gastrointestinal motility, and the secreted mucin can protect the stomach wall, promote gastric juice secretion, improve appetite, improve indigestion, lower cholesterol, prevent cardiovascular disease, and is most suitable for chronic gastric disease and "three highs".
Okra pod extract is rich in vitamin A and carotene, which is beneficial to retinal health and vision maintenance. It is a good ingredient for teenagers to prevent myopia (but pay attention to the negative effects of excessive consumption, please scan the notes column in the table above).
Okra pod extract is rich in soluble dietary fiber and vitamin C, which not only has a health care effect on the skin, but also can make the skin white and tender. Dietary fiber can also easily take away garbage in the human body, which is a great nutritional weight loss material.
The rich plant flavonoids in okra pod extract, combined with various nutritional elements, can promote the body's all-round self-regulation, thereby ensuring endocrine balance, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, increased endurance, accelerated blood circulation and other effects.
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