Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Active Component
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Ingredients
- Banaba Extract
- Product Families
- Parts Used
- Leaves, fruits, flowers and bark.
- Banaba has been used as a folk medicine to treat diabetes in various parts of the world, primarily southeast Asia. It is a tropical flowering tree growing up to 50 feet tall; used in the management of impaired glucose tolerance.
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Common Name
- Crepe Myrtle, Pride of India, Banaba.
- Botanical Name
- Lagerstroemia speciosa
- Active Principles
- Studies have isolated: corosolic acid, ellagitannin Lagerstroemin and gallotannins. Phytochemical studies on leaves have yielded glycosides, sugars, tannins, proteins, steroids, anthraquinone glycosides, flavonoids, saponins.
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Benefit Claims (Health)
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Banaba Extract Health Benefits
- Help lower blood sugar.
- May reduce risk of type 2 diabetes.
- May combat oxidative stress.
- May help lower blood cholesterol levels.
- Promotes weight loss.
- Helps maintain liver health
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Skin Care Applications
Regulatory & Compliance
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