Name: Epimedium P.E
Active ingredients: Icariin
Appearance:
Solid powder
Test method:HPLC
CAS No.: 489-32-7
Formula: C
33 H
40 O
15
Molecular Weight: 676.66
Density: 1.55 g/cm
3
Melting Point: 231-232 °C
Boiling Point :948.5 °C at 760 mmHg
Flash Point: 300.9 °C
Application:
Enhance immune,improve sexual function
1
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Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is mainly used as pharmaceutical materail to treat asthenia
of kidney, impotence, spermatorrhea, prospermia, cold extremities, acroanesthesia or convulsion, etc.
2
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Applied in the field of health care products, it was used in capsules, health food, oral liquid, health
care wine and other alcoholic beverages,
which has good health-care effect on human cardiovascular and endocrine system, delaying aging.
Introduction
Icariin is a
flavonol , a type of
flavonoid . It is the
prenyl acetylation of
kaempferide 3,7-
O -di
glucoside . The compound is derived from several species of plants in the genus
Epimedium ,which are commonly known as
Horny Goat Weed or Yin Yang Huo. Extracts from these plants are reputed to produce
aphrodisiac effects, and are commonly used in
Chinese herbal medicine to enhance erectile function, as well as for several other indications.
It is thought that icariin is likely to be the primary active component of
Epimedium extracts, as it has been shown to share several mechanisms of action with compounds used in Western medicine to treat
impotence and improve sexual function. In particular, icariin has been demonstrated to act as a
PDE5 inhibitor and to enhance the production of bioactive
nitric oxide ,as well as mimicking the effects of
testosterone . It also shows
antioxidant ,
antidepressant
and
neuroprotective effects in animal studies, as well as stimulating
osteoblast activity in bone tissue which has been linked to a possible therapeutic role in the treatment of
osteoporosis .
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