Bilberry extract 25% purplr powder BI1001 Youbio

Product Name: Bilberry Extract

Source: Vaccinium myrtillus L

Origin of raw materials: Northern Europe

Used part: fruit

Appearance: dark purple powder

Specifications: Anthocyanidins: 5%, 10%, 15%, 25% by UV

Anthocyanins: 7%, 15%, 22%, 36 %% by HPLC

Overview:

Bilberry is native to Europe. Such berry is different from North American and Chinese blueberries. Bilberry is often confused with blueberry. In fact, both are of the same family and genus but of different species. Besides, there are many differences in terms of plant and fruit morphology. Bilberry has smaller fruit than blueberry, but has richer flavor; its fruit color is darker than blueberry and appear dark purple; blueberry pulp is green, while bilberry pulp is red or purple. The fruit of blueberry is clustered, while that of bilberry is often solitary or opposite and its fruit is soft and juicy. After being damaged, the active ingredient anthocyanin will be degraded to produce anthocyanidin.

Bilberry is native to Europe and North Africa. It grows in humid regions and is cultivated in Central and Eastern Europe. It is reproduced by seeds. Its growth environment often has acidic and barren soil. It is mostly seen in woodlands and wild heathlands and typically distributed as wild shrubs in Europe, Russia, northern Asia and North America (USA and Canada) and the Alps at an altitude of 1,500-2,000 m. It is more widely distributed in Northern Europe. It is also distributed in open pine forests in Scandinavia or in arid places, with an altitude up to 1,700 m.

Composition:

Bilberry is rich in anthocyanidins in which the pigment substances generally include cyanidin-2-glucoside, cyanidin-3-xyloside, cyanidin-3-galactoside, cyanidin-2-rhamnoside, delphinium-3-rhamnoside, delphinium-5-glucoside, 3-O-acyl proanthocyanidin, malvidin-3, 5-diglycoside, 3,3-di-acyl proanthocyanidin, etc.

Efficacy overview:

1. Bilberry extract can be used to protect eyesight, prevent blindness, glaucoma, cataracts and retinal bleeding, and improve myopia, macular degeneration, disbetic retinopthy, retinitis pigmentosa, and night blindness.

2. Bilberry extract can be used to strengthen cerebrovascular, prevent cerebrovascular diseases, reinforce myocardial blood vessels, coronary arteries and renal blood vessels, prevent rupture of glomerular capillaries and the resulting hematuria, urethritis and cystitis. It can also strengthen venous blood vessels, prevent varicose veins, prevent and control ulcers. Besides, it can prevent arteriosclerosis and the formation of blood clots.

3. The standard dose of bilberry should be based on its anthocyanidin content. The widely adopted drug standard in Europe is based on the anthocyanidin content of 25%. It is recommended to take 80-160 mg of bilberry extract per day to improve eye health. 160-240 mg of bilberry extract can treat eye diseases.