Akebia Extract Powder(Mu Tong)10:1, 20:1, 50:1 TLC
Akebia Extract Powder(Mu Tong) has a bitter taste and a cold nature. It has the effects of soothing the liver, regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, dispersing nodules, and diuresis.
Akebia Extract Powder(Mu Tong)10:1, 20:1, 50:1 TLC
【Botanical source】: Akebia quinata(Thunb.)Decne, Akebia tri foliata(Thunb.)Koidz.or Akebia tri oliata (Thunb.)Koidz.ar.australis(Diels)Rehd.
【Extraction source】: The dry vine of Akebia quinata, Akebia quinata(Thunb.)Decne, Akebia tri foliata(Thunb.)Koidz or Akebia tri oliata (Thunb.)Koidz.ar.australis(Diels)Rehd., a plant in the family Asteraceae. Harvest in autumn, cut off stems, remove twigs, and dry in the shade.
【Specification】: 10:1, 20:1, 50:1 TLC
【Appearance】: Brownish yellow powder
【Particle size】: 95% pass 80 mesh size
【Functions in TCM】: Mutong has a bitter cold and a clear and beneficial effect, entering the heart, small intestine, and bladder meridians. Not only does it clear the heart and small intestine fire, but it also clears and promotes dampness and heat in the bladder, allowing for the passage of fluids and conduction of heat, as well as the passage of meridians and lactation. It is not only an essential medicine for treating heart fire, damp heat and gonorrhea, but also an excellent product for treating milk retention and damp heat pain.
This product mainly contains triterpenoids and their glycoside components: Ivy saponin, oleanolic acid, Mutong saponin, betulin alcohol; Phenylethanol glycoside component: Phenylethanol glycoside B from Mutong; It also contains stigmasterol β- Ingredients such as sitosterol, carotene, inositol, sucrose, and potassium salts.
It has the effects of diuresis, clearing the heart and removing troubles, and promoting menstrual flow and lactation. Used for gonorrhea, edema, restlessness, red urine, sores in the mouth and tongue, amenorrhea with insufficient milk, and damp heat and pain.
Akebia Extract Powder(Mu Tong) Production Flowchart
Akebia raw materials – natural air drying–Coarse powder(40 mesh) -Low temperature water extraction – 1st Reflux Extraction(10 times water,2 Hrs) – 2nd Reflux Extraction8 times water,1.5 Hrs) – 3rd Reflux Extraction(6 times water,1 Hrs) – Extraction Solution-combine&Filtrate-Concentrate-Extractum-spray drying – screening – packaging – detection of physical and chemical indicators – warehousing
Specification of Akebia Extract Powder(Mu Tong)
| Item | Standard | Test method |
| Appearance | Brownish Yellow fine powder | Visual & Organoleptic |
| Specification | 10:1 | TLC |
| Particle size | 80 mesh | Pass 80 mesh size screen |
| Ash | <13% | 2g/525℃/3hrs |
| Moisture | <7% | 5g/100℃/2.5hrs |
| Heavy metals | As <1.0ppm Pb<2.0PPM Hg<0.2ppm Cd<1.0ppm | Atomic Absorption |
| Microbiological Control | Total Plate Count<10,000cfu/g, Yeast & Mold<100cfu/g, E.Coli<10cfu/g. |
AOAC |
| Packing | 1kg/bag, 5kg/bag, or 25kg/fiber drum (D* H, 40*50cm),
It can also be packaged according to the requirements of customers, and all the packaging materials meet the standards of Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2010. |
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Extended Reading
Modern Researches on Akebia(Mu Tong)
1. Chemical composition
The stem of Mutong vine contains betulin alcohol, oleanolic acid, ivy saponin, Mutong saponin Sta, Stb, Stc, Std, Ste, Stf, Stg1, Stg2, Sth, Stj, Stk. In addition, it contains stigmasterol β- Sitosterol, carotene, inositol, sucrose potassium salt. Flowers contain cyanidin-3-xylglucoside, cyanidin-3-coumaryl glucoside, and cyanidin-3-coumaryl xyloglucoside.
2. Pharmacological effects
This product has diuretic and antibacterial effects. Chronic diuretic test in rabbits, daily intraperitoneal administration of Mutong alcohol extract 0. 5g/kg, continuously administered for 5 days, has been proven to have diuretic effects, and is stronger than intramuscular injection of 0.1mg/kg mercuric. If given to rabbits by gavage, there is no diuretic effect, but the diuretic effect of intraperitoneal injection can increase urine output by 10.5%, and there is no significant diuretic effect when tested in healthy individuals; Mutong alcohol extract (1:20) has inhibitory effects on both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria such as Shigella and Salmonella in vitro. Mutong water extract (1:5) also has varying degrees of antibacterial effects on Trichophyton violaceus.