What does extract mean? natural plant
extractFrom a medical perspective, it refers to the use of appropriate solvents or methods to extract or process substances from animals and plants (all or a part) as raw materials. Extracts can be generally divided into plant extracts (including traditional Chinese medicine extracts or herbal extracts), animal extracts, and generally the extracts we talk about can be understood as plant extracts, traditional Chinese medicine extracts, and animal extracts.
For example, plant extracts are products formed by using plants as raw materials, according to the needs of the extracted land, through the physical and chemical extraction and separation process, directional acquisition and concentration of one or more active ingredients in plants, without changing the structure of their active ingredients. According to the different components of the extracted plants, glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.; according to different properties, they can be divided into vegetable oils, extracts, powders, lenses, etc.
The application of extracts is rich and diverse, currently known to enter the industrial extraction has reached more than 300 kinds, it is a very important class of intermediate products, a wide range of application fields, both for pharmaceutical raw materials, but also for health products, nutritional supplements, food additives, cosmetics and other industries.
