blackcurrant extract
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Anthocyanin rich, sustainable, waste free functional ingredient for health & wellbeing supplements, weight loss, anti-viral throat sprays and lozenges, immunity boosting drinks, and innovative health & wellbeing product design.
Blackcurrant Extract
- Naturally high in antioxidants
- Greater than 200 mg/g anthocyanins
- Anti-inflammatory properties, helps maintain healthy eyesight, boosts immunity, has a positive influence on mood/wellbeing, and improved cognitive function.
- Free-flowing water-soluble powder in foil sealed bags.
- minimum recommended dosage: 500 mg per serve
BLACKCURRANT EXTRACT TECHNICAL DATA
Blackcurrant Extract is high in antioxidants, particularly anthocyanins, that have been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties.
Blackcurrant Extract may help to:
- Maintain healthy eyesight by improving circulation, reducing visual fatigue, improving ability of the eye to adapt to low light levels
- Boost immunity.
- Have a positive influence on mood/wellbeing.
- Improve cognitive function.
- Improve cardiovascular health by reducing blood pressure, improving blood flow, and decreasing the risk of heart disease.
- Assist with muscle recovery through controlled oxidative stress and inflammation, muscle damage and soreness.
- Improve symptoms of age disorders such as menopause.
Minimum effective anthocyanin dose: 1.6mg/kg body weight. Suggested dosage for tablets or capsules is 500 mg.
For blackcurrant, most of phenolic compounds are anthocyanin: delphinidin 3-O-glucoside, delphinidin-3-O-rutinoside, cyanidin 3-O-glucoside and cyanidin 3-O- rutinoside with small amount of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives and flavonol.
New Zealand blackcurrants have 4 main anthocyanins unique to Ben Rua and Ben Ard blackcurrant cultivars, HortResearch New Zealand 2007 (New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research).
Of the total anthocyanins, cyanidin-3-rutinoside (C3R) is 41% in Ben Rua, and 39% in Ben Ard, delphinidin-3-rutinoside (D3R) is 45% in Ben Rua, and 35% in Ben Ard, Cyandin-3-glucoside (C3G) is 7% in Ben Rua, and 15% in Ben Ard, delphinidin-3-glucoside (D3G) is 3% in Ben Rua, and 8% in Ben Ard.
