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Licorice is mostly planted in beautiful Xinjiang and vast Gansu. From the raw materials to the extraction of active ingredients, it can be said that the use of everything is extensive and exquisite. The roots and rhizomes are used as medicine, which is flat and sweet in nature and has a good qi tonifying effect. It is a medicinal and food homologous substance.
1. Licorice extract: Select the dried root of licorice, soak it, and extract it under heat reflux at a high temperature of 55°-65°, repeated 3 times, each time is 3 hours, after filtration, concentration, spray drying, sterilization Wait for the procedure to get a brown-yellow powder, which is the licorice extract. The taste is sweet, can be used as sweet and aromatic high red, and has the effect of sweetening and aroma. It is mostly used as a seasoning for food, beverages and candies.
2. Glycyrrhizic acid: It is the basic ingredient in licorice extract, also known as glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhizin. 7% glycyrrhizic acid can be obtained from licorice extract, which is 250 times sweeter than sucrose, and is widely used in sweeteners, skin care products, toothpaste, and anti-inflammatory products.
Recommended dosage in skin care products: 0.1%-1%. Such ingredients are often added to anti-inflammatory products.
High content of glycyrrhizic acid is white crystalline powder, insoluble in water, soluble in hot water.
It is worth noting that glycyrrhizic acid has the effect of boosting blood pressure, and individuals must not eat it casually~
3. Dipotassium glycyrrhizate: It is made by substituting the two glucuronic acid hydrogens of glycyrrhizic acid into potassium ions. It has a special sweetness and is water-soluble. This white powder is commonly used in cosmetics in an amount of 3-5 thousandths.
Because glycyrrhizic acid will precipitate when encountering acids, and its application is limited, so dipotassium glycyrrhizate can be used to improve the stability.
It is widely used in many skin care products and masks, such as anti-inflammatory, acne-removing, and whitening.
