Bilberry extract is a widely used natural extract with many health benefits. Bilberry extract is mainly derived from the fruit of wild bilberry. Bilberry is a plant of the genus Vaccinium in the family Ericaceae. Common varieties include European bilberry and cranberry. They are mainly distributed in the cold and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, such as Northern Europe, North America, and Northeast and Southwest China.
Bilberry extract is rich in anthocyanins, including delphinidin, cyanidin and other anthocyanin compounds, as well as flavonoids, phenolic acids, organic acids, and vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene and other nutrients.
Effects of Bilberry Extract
Antioxidant: Anthocyanins are natural antioxidants with stronger antioxidant capacity than vitamin C and vitamin E. They can remove free radicals in the body, reduce oxidative damage, delay cell aging, and prevent various chronic diseases caused by oxidative stress.
Protect eyesight: It can promote the resynthesis of rhodopsin in retinal cells, enhance the eyes' ability to adapt to weak light, prevent myopia, hyperopia, amblyopia, etc., relieve visual fatigue, dryness, and decreased vision caused by long-term use of the eyes, and reduce the risk of eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinopathy.
Improve cardiovascular function: It helps to lower the cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood, increase the content of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, reduce the deposition of lipids in the blood vessel wall, and prevent atherosclerosis; it can also inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce the risk of thrombosis, improve vascular elasticity, enhance the pressure resistance of blood vessels, and help maintain normal blood pressure levels.
Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial: It has an inhibitory effect on a variety of inflammatory mediators, can reduce inflammatory reactions, and relieve pain and discomfort caused by inflammation; it has a certain inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, etc., and can help prevent and alleviate infectious diseases.
Improve cognitive function: It can pass through the blood-brain barrier, enter the brain tissue, protect nerve cells, promote the growth and repair of nerve cells, improve the brain's antioxidant capacity, improve memory, attention and learning ability, and help prevent neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Application of Bilberry Extract
Health care products: It is made into various capsules, tablets, oral liquids and other forms of health care products, which are used to prevent and improve eye diseases, cardiovascular diseases, enhance immunity, delay aging, etc. It is suitable for people who use their eyes for a long time, middle-aged and elderly people, and people with low immunity.
Food field: It can be used as a natural pigment in food processing to add bright colors to food. For example, adding it to beverages, jams, and pastries can not only improve the color, but also increase the nutritional value; it can also be used to produce functional foods, such as bilberry yogurt, bilberry biscuits, etc., to meet consumers' demand for healthy food.
Cosmetic field: bilberry extract is added to skin care products for the production of eye creams, face creams, essences, etc. It has antioxidant, anti-wrinkle, whitening, spot-lightening and other effects, which can help improve skin condition and delay skin aging.
Medical field: Bilberry extract can be used as a raw material to produce drugs for the treatment of eye diseases, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, etc. It can also be used to develop drugs for the auxiliary treatment of nervous system diseases.
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