Product Name: Bladderwrack Powder
Source: Whole Plant
Appearance: Brownish Yellow Fine Powder
Active ingredient: Polysaccharide & Iodine
Specification: 0.1% 2% 10:1 20:1 30:1
Detection Method: UV TLC
Extraction Source
Fucus is a brown algae that clings to rocks on the shore. It grows on the coast of Brittany, France, where marine life is abundant, and can be harvested at low tide. Its algae are dark brown, bifurcated and branched, with flat horn-like leaves.
The algae are perennial, flat or cylindrical, bifurcated or radially branched around the main trunk. Apical growth, with several disc-shaped pigment bodies in each epidermal cell. Except for Fucus, there is no pyrenoid, and there is no asexual reproduction in the life cycle. With or without airbag.
In the life history, only the sporophyte does not have an independent gametophytic stage. There are 350 species in 6 families, 36 genera, all of which are marine products. Most are distributed in tropical and subtropical oceans, and some are distributed in frigid zones. There are 3 families, 5 genera and 66 species in China.
Certificates of Analysis
| Product Name: |
Bladderwrack Powder |
Latin Name: |
Fucus vesiculosus |
| Part used: |
Whole Plant |
Country of origin |
China |
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| Items |
Specification |
Result |
| Iodine |
0.1% |
Conforms |
| Organoleptic |
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| Appearance |
Fine Powder |
Conforms |
| Color |
Brownish Yellow powder |
Conforms |
| Odor |
Characteristic |
Conforms |
| Taste |
Characteristic |
Conforms |
| Physical Characteristics |
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| Particle Size |
90% Through 80 mesh |
Conforms |
| Loss on Drying |
≤5.0% |
Conforms |
| Ash (Sulphated Ash) |
≤5.0% |
Conforms |
| Total Heavy Metals |
≤10ppm |
Conforms |
| Arsenic |
≤2ppm |
Conforms |
| Lead |
≤2ppm |
Conforms |
| Microbiological Tests |
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| Total Plate Count |
≤1000cfu/g |
Conforms |
| Total Yeast & Mold |
≤100cfu/g |
Conforms |
| E.Coli |
Negative |
Negative |
| Salmonella |
Negative |
Negative |
| Staphylococcus |
Negative |
Negative |
Efficacy and function
1.With similar polysaccharide structure to heparin, fucoidan has good anticoagulant activity;
2.It has the inhibiting effect on the replication of several coated virus, such as human immunodeficiency and human
cytomegalo-vims;
3.In addition to inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it can also restrain the diffuse of tumor cells by enhancing immunity;
4.It can obviously reduce the content of serum cholesterol and triglyceride. Besides, it has no such liver and kidney damage, or other side effects;
5.It has the function of antidiabetics, radiation protection, antioxidant, the inhibition of heavy metal absorption fluctuate,and the restraint of mammals zona-binding combined.
Application
1.Applied in health food field, be widely used in food additives industry, which can be added into the dairy, beverage, health care products, pastries, cold drinks, jelly, bread, milk and so on;
2.Applied in cosmetic field, it is a kind of watersoluble polymer natural extracts with sntiphlogistic sterilization effect. So it can be used as a new type of high moisturizing instead of glycerin;
3.Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is the raw material of new tradition medicine which is often added in kidney products.
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