plant extract description

Beta sitosterols, also known as β-sitosterol, is an organic compound that belongs to the tetracyclic triterpenoids. Its appearance is white needle-like/scaly crystals or white crystalline powder, odorless and tasteless, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol and acetone, and easily soluble in chloroform.
β-Sitosterol is one of the most common phytosterol components and is widely used in the pharmaceutical field. It is safe for the human body and has health-beneficial functions such as lowering blood lipids, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory. At the same time, it is also widely used in food and health products, medicine, cosmetics, agriculture and animal husbandry and other fields.

COA

Item	Specifications	Results
Content of Phytosterol	≥98%	98.3%(GC)
Beta-Sitosterol	≥90%	90.2%(GC)
Appearance	Off White or light yellow crystalline Power	Conforms
Loss on Drying	≤2%	1.3%
Ash Content	≤0.5%	0.2%
Heavy metal	≤10ppm	Conforms
Lead (Pb)	＜3ppm	Conforms
Arsenic (As)	＜3ppm	Conforms
Cadmium(Cd)	＜1.0ppm	Conforms
Microbiological
Total plate count	≤1000 cfu/g	Conforms
Mould & Yeast	≤100 cfu/g	Conforms
Salmonella	Negative	Negative
Escherichia Coli	Negative	Negative
Conclusion	The product conforms to the In-house standard

Beta sitosterol benefits

1.Beta sitosterol for prostate
Adjusting dietary structure is an important method to prevent and treat prostate diseases. Beta sitosterol has certain significance in reducing the incidence of prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer in men.

2. Beta sitosterol hair loss
It can provide soft shine, reduce dryness and even prevent hair loss. This ingredient has the function of reducing inflammation and are also beneficial to the proliferation of fibroblasts around hair follicles, which provides a theoretical basis for β-sitosterol to prevent hair loss. Many herbs containing phytosterols esters have anti-hair loss effects. Beauty products can also be developed based on the function of improving skin condition.

3. Health care products industry:
Focusing on the functions of lowering blood lipids, protecting blood vessels, and clearing blood vessels, health care products in different forms such as protein powder, capsules, and tablets have been developed.
4. The application of Beta sitosterols powder in the pharmaceutical field is mainly in the development of steroid hormone drugs. Used to regulate blood lipids, synthesize steroid hormones, pharmaceutical liposomes, etc.
Liposomes have the characteristics of biodegradation, compatibility, targeting, and reduced toxicity and are widely used in various pharmaceutical carriers. It can improve liposome membrane stability and targeting, so they are often used in the preparation of pharmaceutical liposomes.

This product is widely added to feeds as functional feedstuffs. It can reduce the cholesterol content of livestock and poultry meat, eggs, and milk products, promote animal growth, maintain animal health, and increase their yield.

Reference

[1]. Sudhop T, Sahin Y, Lindenthal B, et al. Comparison of the hepatic clearances of campesterol, sitosterol, and cholesterol in healthy subjects suggests that efflux transporters controlling intestinal sterol absorption also regulate biliary secretion. Gut. 2002;51(6):860-863.

[2].Ayesh, R., Weststrate, J. A., Drewitt, P. N., and Hepburn, P. A. Safety evaluation of phytosterol esters. Part 5. Faecal short-chain fatty acid and microflora content, faecal bacterial enzyme activity and serum female sex hormones in healthy normolipidaemic volunteers consuming a controlled diet either with or without a phytosterol ester-enriched margarine. Food Chem Toxicol. 1999;37(12):1127-1138. View abstract.

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