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An insight into the health-promoting effects of taxifolin (dihydroquercetin).
Taxifolin (3,5,7,3,4-pentahydroxy flavanone or dihydroquercetin) is a flavonoid commonly found in onion, milk thistle, French maritime pine bark and Douglas fir bark. It is also used in various commercial preparations like Legalon™, Pycnogenol®, and Venoruton®. This review focuses on taxifolin's biological activities and related molecular mechanisms. Published literatures were gathered from the scientific databases like PubMed, SciFinder, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library, Google Scholar, and Web of Science up to January 2019. Taxifolin showed promising pharmacological activities in the management of inflammation, tumors, microbial infections, oxidative stress, cardiovascular, and liver disorders. The anti-cancer activity was more prominent than other activities
Dihydroquercetin or Taxifolin-rich extract - Novel Food in EU
Taxifolin-rich extract (Dihydroquercetin) can be used as an ingredient in food supplements, non-alcoholic beverages, milk products and chocolate confectionery.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) about Taxifolin-rich extract
Adopted: 13 December 2016; first published: 14 February 2017
Conclusions
The Panel concludes that the NF food, taxifolin‐rich extract from Dahurian Larch, is safe under the proposed conditions of use.
Statement on the safety of taxifolin‐rich extract from Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii)
Adopted: 25 October 2017; first published: 13 November 2017
Conclusions
The Panel concludes that the NF food, taxifolin‐rich extract from Dahurian Larch, is safe under the proposed conditions of use.
DHQ in Beauty Products
Search for DHQ in beauty products.
DHQ can be utilized in cosmetics, specifically to preserve raw material, oil and fat components, finished products; render therapeutic effects to products.
Enhance protective functions of the skin against external and internal toxicity, radiation, germs, and other environmental factors; normalize general metabolic processes through topical application, those in lymphatic and blood system; renew skin and slowing skin aging.
DHQ and Fat & Oil
The application of DHQ in fat-and-oil food processing and food products, inhibits lipid peroxidation, extends the product’s shelf life in 3.0 – 4.5 times, and improves the biological and nutritive value of the product.
Reducing by 35 – 80% the harmful and cancer impact of industrial food treatment with oils and oils harmful changes due to high temperatures during technological processing of food and increase the quality of the products.
DHQ in Agriculture
DHQ as a plant growth regulator considerable decreases of agricultural crops diseases in case of seeds treatment, increases productivity of cereal crops by 15-40%, vegetables — by 12-37%, fruits and berries — by 10-30%.
At the same time the quality of the mentioned crops is scientifically increased, gluten content is increased in wheat, vegetables, greens and herbs; vegetables become more resistant to typical and un-typical diseases; fruits ripen with larger size; vitamin-min...eral composition is richer; the application of herbicides is radically reduced, for the most vegetables and herbs almost zero application of herbicides, which is as well positive for human health.
DHQ in fertilizers improves the nutritional and energy value in fertilizers, decreases the application dosage, supports and strengthens the roots of vegetables and herbs, better absorption of nitrogen, CO2 and the final yield.
DHQ in Sport
An individual, undergoing intense physical training, utilizes oxygen at levels exceeding 75% of maximum values. The challenge here is that sustained physical exercise may result in an inadequate supply of oxygen to working muscles (known as tissue hypoxia), a result of insufficient blood supply to the tissues due to poor microcirculation.
Moreover, during maximal exercise, the metabolism of the tissue is violated. Muscles accumulate lactic acid, which causes fatigue and complicates recovery after training.
Studies show that the application of taxifolin is able to solve these problems very efficiently. Specifically, taxifolin (dihydroquercetin) is able to:
◾ Improve intracardial hemodynaimcs and intensify blood flow to the myocardium
◾ Help to return pathologic microcirculation to normal, thus, optimizing tissue blood flow
◾ Contribute to the redistribution of blood flow within small arteries, thus, enhancing blood supply to ischemia-affected tissues
◾ Enhance blood flow to muscles
◾ Enhance pulmonary mechanics and improve lung ventilation and blood gas composition
◾ Help to increase РО2 (oxygen partial pressure) and blood oxygenation
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