Balm Leaf Extract 4% Rosmarinic Acid | 14259-47-3

Product Description:

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.), alias horse mint, American mint, lemon balm, melissa, lemon balm, is a perennial herb of the Labiatae genus Monarda.

This herb has a long tradition as a tonic, and eleventh-century Arabian herbalists believed that lemon balm had magical powers that cheered the mind and heart.

Lemon Balm is a traditional ethnic herb widely used as a mild sedative, antispasmodic and antibacterial.

The efficacy and role of Balm leaf extract 4% rosmarinic acid：

Calming and soothing, anti-anxiety:

Lemon Balm extract can be used as a mild anti-anxiety sedative or sedative drug, and has the function of improving mental mood.

Improve cognition:

Lemon Balm extract also has the function of improving mental mood and cognitive ability. It is currently believed that these mechanisms are related to muscarinic receptors and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Lemon Balm extract has acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can achieve neuroprotective effects by inhibiting the cholinesterase activity in the synaptic cleft, reducing the breakdown of acetylcholine, and thereby increasing the activity of acetylcholine.

Antibacterial:

The antibacterial properties of lemon balm have also been proved, and the ethanol fraction of lemon balm has a very obvious antibacterial and antiseptic effect, and has a synergistic antibacterial effect with sodium nitrite, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate. Other components in the extract such as rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, and flavonoids are known to have antibacterial activity.

Antiviral:

At the same time, many studies have shown that Lemon Balm essential oil has antiviral properties.

Anti-tumor and anti-oxidation:

Lemon Balm extract has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of human colon cancer cells, can scavenge DPPH free radicals, and has extremely high antioxidant activity.Antioxidant activity is related to phenolic compounds such as citronellal and neral and flavonoids, etc.Lemon Balm essential oil can be used as a natural preservative fat-soluble antioxidant for oily and fatty foods.

Lowering blood sugar:

Lemon Balm essential oil can significantly reduce blood sugar levels, enhance blood sugar tolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes, and at the same time significantly increase serum insulin levels.

Anti-adipose tissue formation:

Adipose tissue formation requires adipocyte differentiation, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling, and angiogenesis often precedes adipocyte differentiation.

Lowering blood lipids:

Lemon Balm essential oil can significantly reduce blood lipid levels.