Chinese name: wu boots rattan, spoon soup

Aceae family

Genus: takeshi

Location: leaf

History: the use of wu boots to treat diabetes in India and southern China has been more than 2,000 years old. Its leaves are also used in the stomach, constipation, water and liver disease.

Pharmacological action: 1. Hypoglycemic action

Spoonfulfuric acid can improve insulin sensitivity, promote insulin secretion, inhibit glycemic change, thus play a role in lowering blood sugar. Spoon cane total saponins can significantly reduce the blood glucose levels of diabetic rats, and large doses (0.12 g/kg) spoon cane of total saponins and phenformin hypoglycemic ability, rattan, total saponins and spoon for there were no significant influence of normal mice blood glucose.

2. Reducing blood lipid and weight loss

The extract can interact with some glycolytic enzymes in the body to help reduce blood lipid. Total saponins can also help reduce weight loss by inhibiting high-fat rats. Gymnema cane extract can effectively reduce the body quality of model rats, triglyceride and total cholesterol levels, index of atherosclerosis, glucose level and increase high density lipoprotein level. It is believed that the extract can be used as a natural diet medicine.

3. Inhibition of sweetness and anti-caries

Gymnema cane extract has inhibitory effect of sweet, and spoon cane leaf in inhibiting the sweet taste of effective components in spoon cane acid, spoon cane acid can cause decreased sense of taste, of fructose, cane sugar, stevia glycosides, xylitol, etc. 8 kinds of sweetener suppression strength no statistical difference, the inhibition rate was 77% on average. Polypeptide composition of gymnema cane leaf extract also can inhibit the sweetness of sucrose, glucose, sugar, gum and saccharin, but does not affect to taste salty, sour, bitter, think the peptide can be a competitive combined with control sweetness receptor proteins, have only restrained sweetness and does not affect the effect of other taste. Glucose levels in addition, the spoon cane acid base transferase activity, blocking streptococcus mutans cell web of insoluble glucan synthesis, inhibiting plaque formation, lose to caries bacteria cause caries environment, so as to achieve their role. The combination of licorice and sweetener can enhance the anti-caries and reduce the sweetness of glycyrrhizin.

4. Other pharmacological functions

It also has potential anti-malaria and anti-filariasis effects; There is a significant immune regulation effect on the neutral grain of human; The effect of the spoonfuls on the liver damage of rats in the rats; It has significant anti-breast and lung cancer epithelial cell activity; Inhibition of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi.

Development and utilization: develop functional food and health products

Japan extracts the extract from the cane leaves and develops the use of the ingredients as functional food. Japan will also fresh gymnema cane leaf made into coarse tea, tea tea (Fried), semi-fermented tea, fully fermented tea, a total of four types of products, including coarse tea color the best, and have fall blood sugar, prevent caries activity of two. Japan's sugar backbone company Meiji sugar co., LTD., in India, has exported local military boots and cane leaves to Japan and sold them to diabetics in health food stores. HuaQing introduced gymnema cane tea bag production methods, and made from gymnema cane extract process of food additive, the available additives to produce functional chewing gum, toothpaste or mouthwash, used to prevent dental caries. You can reduce the amount of nicotine in tobacco and reduce the risk of smoking. The vine can inhibit the formation of melanin, and can be made to remove freckle cosmetics.

Development of new drugs

It can be used to treat diabetes, which can reduce the fat content in diabetics and reduce the concentration of blood sugar, which is safe and reliable. Compound powder and chitosan can be made into weight-loss drugs from the cane and gardenias.