Monk Fruit Extract Monk fruit extract is light yellow powder to brown extract. Extremely sweet, its sweetness is more than 240 times that of sucrose, sweet close to sugar, slightly similar to licorice after taste. The melting point of high purity Mogroside was 197 ~ 201℃. Soluble in water and ethanol. Now a lot of paper shell or phlegm drugs, which will have the ingredients of Monk fruit extract, and what are the efficacy and effect of Monk fruit extract?
First of all, Monk fruit extract is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for colds, coughs, sore throat, and gastrointestinal upset. Very easy to be dissolved in water, and without any precipitation. It is relatively popular among children because it is high in sweetness but low in calories, so even diabetics can take it. There are many amino acids, fructose, vitamins and minerals in the Monk fruit itself. Now some baked or nutritious foods, there will also be added to the ingredient, when cooking and baking will not affect the sweetness.
The efficacy and effect of Monk fruit extract is still reflected in the aspect of clearing lung and relieving cough. In addition, it also has the effect of scavenging free radicals and anti-oxidation. But some people will also use Monk fruit extract to make diet tea, or diet porridge,and diet drinks. The common materials of weight-loss tea are generally the choice of Monk fruit extract rose, evening primrose and gynostemma pentaphyllum. Depending on the quality of each human body, the effect will be different when drinking.
It was found that the extracts of Monk fruit contains many kinds of fatty acids, essential amino acids, flavonoids and a large number of triterpenoid glycosides. At present, the research on Monk fruit is mainly focused on one of the extracts of Monk fruit, namely, mogroside. Mogroside is the main component of triterpenoids in Monk fruit. It is a non-sugar substance with strong sweetness, and its sweetness is about 300 times that of sucrose. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that mogroside also has a variety of biological activities such as regulating the balance of blood glucose, fat metabolism, anti-oxidation and improving immunity. Therefore, Mogroside has a great application prospect in food additives, functional food and dual-use Chinese medicine. The research on the yellow pigment of Monk fruit is still blank, and it is found that the yellow pigment of Monk fruit is water-soluble pigment. The yellow pigment of Monk fruit has good thermal and light stability, strong reduction resistance and weak oxidation resistance. The yellow pigment of Monk fruit has good stability to acid and alkali, so it is applicable to a wide range. In addition to Fe2+, other metal ions had little effect on the yellow element of momohana fruit. The effect of food additives on the yellow pigment of momohana fruit was small and the pigment was stable.
