sFactory Price Fennel Seed Extract 4:1-20:1
Product Description
Fennel Extract
English Name: Fennel Extract
Latin Name: Foeniculum vulgare
Used Part: Seed
Appearance: Brown powder
Assay: 4:1, 10:1, 20:1 or other ratios
Test Methods: TLC
Solubility: Soluble in water
Introduction
What is Fennel Extract produced in Hunan Nutramax Inc.?
Fennel is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses, and is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb like stem base that is used as a vegetable.
Fennel is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Mouse Moth and the Anise Swallowtail.
Fennel yields both an herb and a spice. All plant parts are edible: roots, stalks and leaves, with the spice coming from the dried seeds. A native to the Mediterranean, Fennel is an ancient and common plant known to the ancient Greeks and spread throughout Europe by Imperial Rome. Fennel is also grown in India, the Orient, Australia, South America and has become naturalized in the US.
Fennel has been called the Meeting Seed by the Puritans who would chew it during their long church services. The name derives from the Latin foeniculum, meaning Little Hay.
Fennel is a versatile vegetable that plays an important role in the food culture of many European nations, especially in France and Italy. Its esteemed reputation dates back to the earliest times and is reflected in its mythological traditions.
Where will Nutramax's Fennel Extract used for ?
Fennel is carminative, a weak diuretic and mild stimulant. The oil is added to purgative medication to prevent intestinal colic. Fennel was once used to stimulate lactation. It allays hunger and was thought to be a cure for obesity in Renaissance Europe. It should not be used in high dosages as it causes muscular spasms and hallucinations. Fennel has been used as a wash for eyestrain and irritations. Chinese and Hindus used it as a snake bite remedy.
The major constituents of Fennel, which include the terpenoid anethole, are found in the volatile oil. Anethole and other terpenoids inhibit spasms in smooth muscles, such as those in the intestinal tract, and this is thought to contribute to fennels use as a gas relieving and gastrointestinal tract cramp relieving agent. Related compounds to anethole may have mild estrogenic actions, although this has not been proven in humans.
Fennel is also thought to possess diuretic that is increase in urine production, choleretic that is increase in production of bile, pain reducing, fever reducing, and anti microbial actions. The seeds are used as a flavoring agent in many herbal medicines, and to help disperse flatulence. The seeds, and roots, also help to open obstructions of the liver, spleen and gall bladder, and to ease painful swellings, in addition to helping with yellow jaundice, the gout and occasional cramps.
Packaging & Shipping
Packing:
- Delivery Time: Around 3-5 workdays after your payment.
- Package: In fiber-drums with two-plastic bags inside.
- Net Weight: 25kgs/Drum / Gross Weight: 28kgs/Drum
- Drum Size & Volume: I.D.42cm × H52cm, 0.08 m³/ Drum
- Storage: Stored in dry and cool place, keep away from strong light and heat
- Shelf Life: Two years when properly stored.
Shipping:
- DHL Express, FEDEX and EMS for quantity less than 50KG, usually called as DDU service;
- Sea shipping for quantity over 500KG; and air shipping is available for 50KG above;
- For high value products, please select air shipping and DHL express for safe;
- Please confirm if you can make the clearance when goods reach your customs before placing an order, for buyers from Mexico, Turkey, Italy, Romania,Russia, and other remote area.
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