Artichoke Extract

The Globe Artichoke perennial thistle originating in Southern Europe around the Mediterranean. It grows to 1.4 –2 m tall, with arching, deeply lobed, silvery glaucous-green leaves 50–82 cm long. The flowers develop in a large head from an edible bud about 8 –15 cm diameter with numerous triangular scales; the individual fl orets are purple. We manufacture, supply and export a wide range of Artichoke Extract and have been able to develop a huge customer base all across the globe. The extract generated after processing has excellent healing and medicinal properties and widely used in the medical fraternity. An active chemical constituent, cynarin, in Cynara, causes an increased bile flow. The majority of the cynarin found in artichoke is located in the pulp of the leaves, though dried leaves and stems of artichoke also contain cynarin. This diuretic vegetable is of high nutritional value due to its properties that aid digestion, strengthening of the liver function, gall bladder function as well as the raising of HDL/LDL ratio. It helps to reduce the cholesterol levels that dimin ish the risk for arteriosclerosis and coronary heart diseases. Aqueous extracts from artichoke leaves also reduce cholesterol by inhibiting HMG -Co, which has been clinically proved. A reductase that has a hypolipidemic influence, lowering blood cholesterol, artichoke contains the bioactive agents’ called the apigenin and luteolin.

Product Details

• Botanical Name: Cynara cardunculus
• Family Name: Asteraceae
• Common Name: Globe Artichoke, cardoon, artichoke thistle, wild artichoke, desert artichoke,
• Part Used: Fruit
• Habitat: grasslands, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, riparian areas, abandoned agricultural fields
• Product offered: Fruit, Extract