Olive Leaf Extract

Olive leaf extract
Latin name:Canarium album Raeusch
 
Oleuropein 
Botanical source: Olea Europaea L.
Plant part used: Leaf, 100% natural
Appearances: Fine Brownish yellow Powder
Odour & Taste: Characteristic
Solubility: Soluble in ethanol and water solution
Active ingredient:Oleuropein
Molecular formula:C25H32O13
Molecular weight: 540.5138   
Boiling point: 772.9°C at 760 mmHg  
Flash point: 257°C  
Vapor pressure: 3.93E-25mmHg at 25°C
Analysis method: HPLC
Specs available: Oleuropein 10%-80%;
 

Introduction of Oleuropein
Oleuropein is the active ingredient or glucoside, found in green olives and olive leaf. Olive leaf is found on the olive tree. Another active ingredient found in olive leaf is hydroxytyrosol, polyphenols, flavonoids, and Oleocanthal. Oleuropein and olive oil, extracted from green olives and olive leaves, are known in alternative medicine for its medicinal benefits.
Scientists began to evaluate the benefits of oleuropein, olive leaf, and olive oil. These studies began when scientists noticed that individuals in the Mediterranean consistently showed a lower occurrence of heart disease and cancers. The cancers with the lowest incidence were prostate and colon cancers. Scientists attributed this finding to the diet consisting of mostly fruits, vegetables, peas and fish. But more importantly, it is attributed to olive oil comprising the majority of the fat content within the diet.
Oleuropein or olive oil is known for its anti-aging effects, its antifungal properties, its anti-infllamatory properties, its antibiotic properties and its immunostimulators. Olive leaf extracts have also been known to lower blood pressure. Scientists discovered, in an international study, that olive leaf extract contained twice the antioxidants of green tea extract and 400 percent higher than Vitamin C.

Main Function:
1.Olive leaf extract is used for the treatment of malaria .Olive leaf extract traditionally received little attention in medical circles.
2.Olive leaf extract has a similar antiviral action to many anti-retroviral drugs,as both a potent protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
3.Olive leaf extract also appears to be effective in the treatment of many of the opportunistic infections associated.

Application:
 1)  Olive leaf extract is widely used as health food and pharmaceutical raw materials, usually capsules, tablets, granules, and other formulations.
 2) Water-soluble extract of olive leaves as a function of active ingredients added to cosmetics and beverages.