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LesstanoL
GARUDA INTERNATIONAL Brand
Supplier:GARUDA INTERNATIONAL
Products:2
LesstanoL® brand Policosanol (or Polycosanol) contain’s naturally-occurring waxy alcohols derived from sugar cane wax. Garuda’s LesstanoL® Policosanol 60 (Octa-60) contains a minimum of 90% Policosanol of which 55-70% is 1-Octacosanol along with other full spectrum higher aliphatic alcohols, including tetracosanol, hexacosanol and triacontanol. LesstanoL® brand Octacosanol is standardized to 80-95% 1-Octacosanol (OCTA 95). Octacosanol is the most well known of the aliphatic alcohols containing a straight 28-carbon chain.
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- Benefits
The research of Dr. Cureton from the University of Illinois, U.S.A. reported the usefulness of natural vegetable waxes to our health. Additional research has been conducted in Cuba and elsewhere establishing the efficacy of higher aliphatic alcohols in the human diet. 1-Octacosanol is the most prolific aliphatic alcohol in Policosanol.
- Applications
- Supplementation: LesstanoL® brand Policosanol (polycosanol) and Octacosanol raw material can be used as an ingredient to prepare various types of dietary supplement tablets or capsules. Most manufacturer’s purchasing this ingredient, formulate it in dietary supplements designed to support health. Because Policosanol is oil soluble and used in such small concentrations (5-10 mg/serving), this ingredient can also be added to high fat systems such as vegetables oils, margarine, salad dressing, nut butters and spreads.
- Beverage uses: LesstanoL® brand Policosanol and Octacosanol can be used to formulate sports-type, electrolyte replacement and carbohydrate-loading beverages. Various value-added, health-oriented beverages can be prepared using LesstanoL® Octacosanol in combination with an emulsifier.
- Advantages
- Unlike other ingredient forms of aliphatic fatty alcohols mixtures such as those derived from rice bran wax, bees wax, wheat germ and other plant and insect waxes, LesstanoL® policosanol (polycosanol) raw material is derived solely from pure sugarcane wax, the only source of fatty alcohols with a large volume of published clinical studies showing its effectiveness.
- This is most likely because sugarcane wax derived aliphatic fatty alcohols as a raw material, have the highest content of 1-octacosanol and it has very specific ratios of aliphatic fatty alcohols that are not found in rice bran wax, wheat germ wax, bees wax or other types of raw material waxes. Rice bran wax, wheat germ wax, bees wax and other waxes may not be as effective an ingredient at supporting health.