Osthole, Fructus Cnidii Extract, Cnidium Fruit Extract

Abstract:

Osthole is a kind of coumarins in the Fructus Cnidii Extract, which is extracted from the seed (Fructus Cnidii)of the plant “Cnidium monnieri （L.）Cuss.”. the main bioactivator compounds in Fructus Cnidii Extract are coumarins,which includes osthole, bergapten, isopimpinellin, columbianadin, archangelicin, edultin, O-acetylcolumianetin, O-isovalerycolumbianetin, cniforin A, xanthotoxol, xanthotoxin, imperatorin etc.

In all the coumarins, the yeild of osthole can reach 0.8% in the raw material; the osthole is the highest content of coumarin in the Fructus Cnidii Extract.

We can supply two kinds of extraction, one is by solvent and the other is by CO2 supercritical.

Specification & Quality

10%-50% Osthole by HPLC Liquid or Paste

20%, 50%, 98% Osthole by HPLC Powder

Function & Application

1）Anti-pathogenic microorganism，Sex hormone.

Osthole is widely used in fields of heath products. Osthole can be used as the tonic product on the male impotence, active ingredients of medicines for gynecological diseases.

2) A natural ingredient in botanical Pesticides & Bactericide (botanical source)

Fructus Cnidii Extract as a botanical source Pesticides and insecticide not only has insecticidal activity, but also has bactericidal activity with broad-spectrum. the active ingredient ” Osthole” in Fructus Cnidii Extract has contact killing on aphids and cabbage worm of cruciferous plants, meanwhile has good inhibition on Botrytis cinerea, Phyllosticta, Phomopsis asparagi etc. also as can be applicable in keeping fruit and vegetable fresh.