Yinherb Supply Natural Celery Extract 98% Apigenin Craw Powder CAS. 520-36-5
Product Description
1. Apigenin Overview
Apigenin is a kind of flavonoid commonly existing in nature. It is naturally found in a variety of vegetables, fruits and plants, among which compositae has a higher content. Apigenin is isolated from dried flowers of chamomile, and is a cosmetics grade raw material with high purity. As a kind of natural flavonoid compound, Apigenin has many biological activities: it has strong absorbency to UVB; and it can protect against radiation damage. Thus Apigenin can be added into sunscreen cosmetics. Apigenin also has strong antioxidant activity; and it has strong capture ability to various oxygen-containing free radicals. Furthermore, Apigenin can prevent oxidation and degradation of grease. Apigenin still possesses anti-inflammatory activity to prevent and treat skin problems, such as blisters, keratosis and aceratosis. What's more, Apigenin has sedation effect; it can alleviate itchy scalp, and prevent hair loss. So it can be applied in hair care products. Accordingly, Apigenin is increasingly popular in sunscreen, anti-allergic, whitening and anti-oxidation cosmetics.
Product Name
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CAS Number
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INCI Name
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Apigenin
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520-36-5
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Apigenin
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Molecular Formula
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Molecular Weight
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Molecular Structure
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C15H10O5
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270.237g/mol
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2. Apigenin Source
Chamomile (Latin name: Matricaria recutita L.) is an annual herb from Matricaria genus. Its wild plants are first found in Europe, North America and northern Africa. The plant is native to Western Europe; it prefers to grow in relatively mild sandy soil. Currently, there is a large amount of artificial cultivation in Sinkiang of China, and a small amount of distribution in Hunan, Sichuan and other places. Chamomile is rich in carbohydrates and protein. According to phytochemistry, chamomile contains over 120 kinds of secondary metabolites, including 28 terpenoids and 36 flavonoids. Flavonoids account for 0.5% in chamomile; and their content varies in different parts of chamomile flowers. The main flavonoid compounds are apigenin, luteolin, quercetin and so on. As an herb, chamomile has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, sedation, wound healing, anti-pruritic and other biological activities. Chamomile extract has great value in medicine and cosmetics.
3. Specifications
Product Name
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Specification
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Apigenin
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98%
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Items
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Specification
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Assay
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≥98.00%
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Appearance
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Off-yellow powder
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Odor
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Characteristic
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Taste
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Characteristic
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Extract Solvent
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Water & ethanol
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Physical Characteristics
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Particle Size
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98% through 80 mesh
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Moisture
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£2.00%
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Ash content
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£2.00%
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Heavy Metals
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Heavy metals
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≤10ppm
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Arseni
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£2ppm
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Plumbum
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£3ppm
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Microbiological Tests
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Total Plate count
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≤1000cfu/g
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Yeast & mold
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≤100cfu/g
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Escherichia coli
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Negative
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Staphylococcus
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Negative
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Salmonella
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Negative
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4. Apigenin Manufacturer Flow Chart
5. Apigenin Benefits
Radiation damage protection
It is found that Apigenin can reduce degree of radiation-induced chromosome aberration in human lymphocytes. Apigenin also suppresses collagenase activation and MMP expression in human skin fibroblasts, when skin is exposed to UVA. Thus it achieves sun protection function. In addition, Apigenin still can restrain reactive oxygen radical reaction, and prevent skin photo-aging.