Application of mulberry leaf extract in functional pet food
Mulberry Leaf, scientific name: Folium Mori. Traditional Chinese medicine is the dried leaves of mulberry, a mulberry plant of mulberry family, and the main food for silkworms. It is also known as mulberry, mulberry, mulberry tree, mulberry leaf, etc. Mulberry trees are widely planted in various parts of China, with a high yield of mulberry leaves. The main food of the silkworm, its leaves are wide oval, the base of the leaves is heart shaped, the top is slightly pointed, the edge is serrated, and the leaf veins are densely white and soft. The old leaves are thick and dark green. The tender leaves are thin and yellowish green. It is fragile and easy to grip. The gas is light and the taste is slightly bitter.
It is generally believed that those who are collected after frost are of good quality. Mulberry leaves have the effects of dispersing wind heat, clearing lung, moistening dryness, clearing liver and brightening eyes. It also has the effect of treating wind heat cold, lung heat and dry cough, dizziness and headache, and dizziness. By 2014, someone had made the sprout head of mulberry leaves into a dish, which made mulberry leaves have the value of dietotherapy. Because of their rich nutritional value, mulberry leaves are popular, and they are called mulberry sprout vegetables. In addition, the mulberry buds of the National Silk Culture Park, Jili Village, Nanxun, are used For the sake of excellence, considering the irrigation of Chuanzhu Bay water, the trace elements of mulberry leaf buds are much higher than those of ordinary mulberry buds.
Pet related industries have developed rapidly, and pet food has become a consumer product One of the fast industries. The demand for pet food in the market is growing, and the categories are more and more diverse. Especially with the growth of pet growth years, all kinds of chronic diseases and geriatric diseases are highlighted, which requires long-term targeted treatment or conditioning. Therefore, the demand for functional food is increasingly strong. At present, some pet food enterprises have been doing preliminary research and exploration. For functional food, natural herbal medicine is Good choice. Therefore, the use of some common Chinese herbal materials in pet food has been put on the agenda. This article mainly introduces the application of mulberry leaves in pet functional food.
Mulberry leaf extract is made from mulberry leaf powder processed from the first to third new leaves on mulberry branches at the later stage of spring silkworm or before frost fall, dried in the shade, crushed, extracted by heating with n-butanol, 90% ethanol and water, and dried by spray. The extract contains mulberry leaf flavonoids, mulberry leaf polyphenols, mulberry leaf polysaccharides, DNJ, GABA and other physiological active substances.
