Banaba Leaf Extract
Product Name: Banaba Leaf Extract
Botanical Soure: Lagerstroemia Speciosa L.
Plant Part Used: Leaf
Specification: Corosolic acid 1%~98% by HPLC
Features
Banaba extract comes from the leaf of Lagerstroemia Speciosa. The main active ingredient is corosolic acid, a terpenoid compound known to stimulate glucose transport across cell membranes. Leaves of the plant Lagerstroemia speciosa have been used as a folk medicine for treatment of diabetes and kidney diseases.
It can help to regulate blood sugar and insulin levels in the blood and has strong antioxidant properties that help to prevent damage by free radicals. Corosolic Acid may also be beneficial in lowering the blood pressure as well as burning fat. It is also believed to have powerful antioxidant properties. It may help to neutralize free radical, and promote healthy kidney function and prevent cell membrane lipid oxidation.
Functions
Balancing blood sugar and anti-diabetic: Its ability to lower blood sugar is attributed to its corosolic acid, a triterpenoid glycoside, belived to facilitate glucose-transport into cells.
Weight losing: A kind of common ingredient in weight-loss supplements and products as a metabolic enhancer.
Promoting healthy kidney function and prevent cell membrane lipid oxidation.
Controlling appetite and food craving,especially carbohydrate cravings;
Corosolic Acid is believed to be beneficial in treating type 2 diabetes because it may possess the ability to reduce glucose levels.
Treating blood pressure, renal and immune system benefits. The hypoglycemic effect of banaba leaf extract is similar to that of insulin which induces glucose transport from the blood into body cells.
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