Passionflower 化学特性,用途語,生産方法
化学的特性
The passion flower is native to the United States and Brazil. It grows preferably in dry soils. The plant has woody,
sarmentose stems covered by a grayish bark; axillary filiform tendrils; alternate, palmate, trilobed, finely dentate leaves terminated
by glandular petioles. The solitary, odorous, white flowers are borne by articulate peduncles. The flowers have five petals, sepals and
stamens, three stigmas and a crown of filaments. The dehiscent berries (fruits) are almost spherical and contain ovate seeds covered
by the aril. The parts used are the leaves and flowers. More frequently, all the branches are used, complete with leaves harvested after
the appearance of the first fruits.
天然物の起源
Passionfl ower is a perennial found in the tropics of the Americas.
使用
Passionfl ower is used as a sedative and to treat anxiety, sleep disorders, attention defi cit-hyperactivity disorder, seizures, neuralgia, nervous tachycardia, restlessness, and opiate withdrawal. Topically passionfl ower is used for hemorrhoids, burns, and inflammation.
精油の成分
Main constituents include alkaloids (harmine, harmalot, harmane), flavonoids, maltol and cyanogenic glycosides.
Flavonoids (2.5%) include flavone di-C-glycosides, shaftoside, isovitexin isoshaptoside, vicenin, isoorientin, saponarin, lucenin
and passioflorine. The passion flower also contains phenolic, fatty, palmitic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, formic, butyric and myristic acids.
Passionflower 上流と下流の製品情報
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準備製品