Which countries export natural extracts the most?
Our country is one of the leading countries in the world for the export of Chinese herbal medicines.Plant extractsIt accounts for more than half of the export of traditional Chinese medicine. From 2013 to 2015, the export value of plant extracts in our country is rising year by year, and in 2016, as the industry enters the adjustment period, the export value has fallen. In 2016, the export of plant extracts in our country reached 1.93 billion US dollars, down 10.93%, accounting for 56% of the total export value of traditional Chinese medicine. From January to April 2017, the export of plant extracts was 650 million US dollars, down 12.38% year-on-year, and the downward trend is still continuing.
Recently, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Pharmaceutical and Health Products announced the top ten varieties of plant extracts exported from our country in the past five years. Compared with previous years, the top ten varieties this year have changed to a certain extent. In general, plant extracts used as flavors, flavors and sweeteners in food and beverages have more and more obvious advantages in exports, while the export volume of plant extracts for health care is slightly inferior.
1. Stevia extract
Due to the high calorie content of sucrose, obesity is becoming more and more serious, and sugar substitutes are beginning to replace themsucroseIt has become the main source of sweetness in food. Sugar substitutes are divided into synthetic sweeteners and natural sweeteners. Stevia and Luo Han Guo sugar are the two main natural sweeteners that are currently most popular in the international market.
Stevia is extracted from the leaves of stevia. China is the world's largest producer and exporter of stevia, which is mainly exported to Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea. According to data recently released by the Stevia Association, China's exports of stevia account for about 80% of the international stevia market, and stevia extracts have naturally become the most exported plant extracts.
Stevia is currently widely used in food, beverages, and health products. Because of its low calorie, high sweetness, lower blood sugar, and help digestion, both diabetics and the elderly and children can eat it with confidence. In 2015, there are more than 2,500 kinds of stevia foods worldwide, with high safety and low cost. The future market of stevia will further develop and grow.
2. Eucalyptus oil is a colorless oily liquid extracted from eucalyptus oil, jade oil, camphor oil, bay leaf oil and other substances, and is mainly used as a flavor in the food field. Because eucalyptus oil has a bactericidal effect, it is mainly used in the production of cough syrup in medicine, etc., and can also be used to make gargles, toothpastes, air purifiers, etc.
Eucalyptus oil production in our country began in 1958, and is now one of the largest eucalyptus oil producers and exporters in the world. The origin is mainly concentrated in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Chongqing. ASEAN, European Union, India, the United States and Australia are the main regions of eucalyptus oil export in our country.
3. Menthol
Menthol is a variety with rapid growth in export volume in the past two years. It is the main component of peppermint and peppermint essential oils and exists in the state of free and ester. Menthol has 8 isomers, and their fragrance properties are different. L-menthol has a peppermint aroma and has a cooling effect. Racemic menthol also has a cooling effect. Other isomers have no cooling effect. It can be used as an excipient for toothpaste, perfume, beverages and candies. It is used as a stimulant in medicine, acting on the skin or mucous membranes, and has a cooling and anti-itching effect; it can be taken internally for headaches and inflammation of the nose, pharynx and throat.
4. Capsaicin
Capsaicin extracted from chili peppers is a very important natural pigment. Capsaicin has bright color, high safety, anti-radiation, anti-cancer and other effects. It is widely used in the food industry and is widely used in pastries, snack foods and beverages.
In the early years, capsaicin exports were subject to a zero-tax rebate system and additional fines, which greatly restricted exports. On December 31, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued the "Notice on Adjusting the Export Tax Rebate Rate of Some Products", which adjusted the tax rate for capsaicin and other natural colorants. The tax rebate rate was increased from 0 to 13%. Since then, capsaicin exports have developed steadily, and the main exporting countries are India, Spain and Japan.
5. Marigold extract
Marigold is the main raw material for extracting lutein and carotenoids, and is an important natural colorant. Lutein has good heat resistance, is non-toxic and harmless, and coupled with its special physiological effects, it is in line with the development direction of food additives "natural", "nutrition" and "multi-functional". It can be directly added to food like vitamins, lysine and other commonly used food additives.
Lutein is very important for human eyes and is the most important nutrient for retina and cataract. It also has anti-aging and anti-oxidant effects.
6. Licorice extract
Licorice is a plant of great medicinal value. In addition to the effects of nourishing the spleen and nourishing qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing phlegm and relieving cough, it can also inhibit diabetes, prevent and treat viral hepatitis, treat senile osteoporosis, anti-cancer, anti-AIDS virus and other effects.
In addition to its role in food and medicine, licorice is also widely used in cosmetics. Licorice can prevent the formation of melanin, thereby achieving the effect of whitening the skin. In addition, the flavonoids in licorice absorb ultraviolet and visible light, making it a pure natural sunscreen that does not irritate the skin.
7. Bilberry extract
Bilberry is a perennial shrub that has been used abroad to treat diabetes and eye diseases for a long time. As a purple plant, bilberry contains more than 15 different anthocyanins. Anthocyanins help maintain capillary integrity and stabilize collagen. It is also a powerful antioxidant.
Bilberry is suitable for a wide range of people. White-collar workers who use their eyes for a long time, workers who are often exposed to the sun, students who are busy with homework, and the elderly and children with poor immunity all need to supplement bilberry extract, which is also effective in preventing and treating hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, cataracts, and night blindness.
8. Ginkgo biloba extract
Ginkgo biloba is a unique plant in our country. Ginkgo biloba extract is a kind of product that uses Ginkgo biloba leaves as raw materials and uses appropriate solvents to extract active ingredients. Various preparations made from GBE are widely used in drugs, health products, food additives, functional beverages, cosmetics and other fields.
Ginkgo biloba extract has a wide range of medicinal value and applications. Using advanced technology, technology and equipment, through further extraction, isolation and purification, its pharmacological effects are more obvious. In addition to having significant antagonistic PAF receptors, it can also play a role in anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, vasodilating, protecting cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, improving peripheral blood circulation, lowering serum cholesterol and assisting in anti-cancer. It can be widely used in the prevention and health care of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, nervous system diseases.
9. Milk Thistle Extract
Milk ThistleMilk thistle is also known as Milk Thistle because when the stems and leaves are cut, milky white juices flow out. The mountains of Kashmir in India and Pakistan are the origin of Milk Thistle, which is now grown in various regions of Europe, America, and Australia.
The most widely known benefit of Milk Thistle Extract is its hepatoprotective effect.
The main active ingredient of silymarin is silymarin, isosilymarin, silymarin, silymarin, and silymarin, among which silymarin content is 50% to 70%. Among popular liver detoxification brands, silymarin extract (80% standardized silymarin) is the most commonly used herb claiming "liver detoxification".
So far, more than 120 studies on milk thistle have been conducted in European and American countries, and pharmacological and toxicological tests have shown that the hepatoprotective effect of milk thistle has been confirmed.
First of all, it can prevent liver damage. It forms a protective film on liver cells and blocks toxic substances, especially environmental pollutants (pesticides, heavy metals, toxic chemicals, etc.) from invading and damaging the liver. For some diseases of acute liver poisoning, milk thistle can have a certain detoxification effect, which can significantly reduce the damage to the liver caused by excessive alcohol.
Secondly, milk thistle has strengthening and repairing effects on the liver. By stimulating protein synthesis, it can promote liver cell repair and promote cell regeneration. It has obvious protective and stabilizing effects on liver cells, and significantly improves symptoms and liver function in hepatitis patients.
Finally, the powerful antioxidant effect of milk thistle can reduce the chance of liver cells being destroyed by free radicals and protect liver cell membranes. It has anti-radiation effects. Can inhibit peritonitis caused by formaldehyde.
In addition, milk thistle also has the effect of lowering blood lipids, preventing diabetes and protecting the heart muscle.
10. Rutin
RutinDerived from rutin leaves, tobacco leaves, dates, apricots, orange peel, tomatoes, buckwheat flowers, etc. Rutin is mainly used in skin care products to fight ultraviolet rays and anti-aging, and keep the skin tender. Rutin has a strong absorption effect on ultraviolet rays and X-rays. As a natural sunscreen, add 10% of rutin, and the absorption rate of ultraviolet rays is as high as 98%.
Rutin's anti-free radical effect is very powerful. Oxygen molecules are reduced in the form of single electrons in cell metabolism. Oxygen molecules reduce the O ions produced in single electrons, and then produce H2O2 and extremely toxic · OH free radicals in the body, thus affecting the tenderness of the skin and even accelerating the aging of the skin. The addition of rutin to the product can obviously remove the reactive oxygen radicals produced by cells, and the clearance rate of Oi is as high as 78.1%, which is far greater than the effect of vitamin E (12.7%).
