Anthocyanins are called "oral skin cosmetics" in Europe, especially blueberry anthocyanins, which nourish the skin, enhance skin immunity and deal with various allergic symptoms. It is the most effective antioxidant in nature at present. It can not only prevent the early generation of skin wrinkles, but also maintain normal cell connection, stabilize blood vessels, enhance microvascular circulation, improve the flow of capillaries and veins, and then achieve rapid healing of abnormal skin.
Anthocyanin is a kind of natural sunlight covering, which can prevent ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin. Skin belongs to connective tissue, and collagen and scleroprotein contained in it play an important role in the whole structure of skin.
Anthocyanin can enhance vision and eliminate eye fatigue; Delaying brain aging; Has therapeutic effect on capillary diseases caused by diabetes; Enhance cardiopulmonary function; Stop Alzheimer's disease.
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Anthocyanins widely exist in flowering plants (angiosperms), and their contents in plants vary greatly with varieties, seasons, climate and maturity. According to preliminary statistics, there are 27 families and 73 genera of plants, such as purple sweet potato, grape, blood orange, cabbage, blueberry, eggplant, cherry, cranberry, strawberry, mulberry, hawthorn and morning glory. ?
The earliest and richest anthocyanin is grape skin red pigment extracted from red grape pomace, which was listed in Italy on 1879. The pigment can be extracted from grape pomace, the waste of wineries. Sambucus williamsii contains a large amount of anthocyanins, all of which are cyanidins, with a fresh weight of 200 ~ 1000 mg per 100 grams. In addition, anthocyanins are widely found in barley, sorghum, leguminous plants and other food crops. The results showed that the content of anthocyanins in grape seed extract and pine bark extract was the highest.
Anthocyanins make petals appear colorful at different PH values of plant cell vacuoles. There are more than 20 kinds of anthocyanins, six of which are very important in food, namely geranium pigment, cornflower pigment, delphinium pigment, peony pigment, morning glory pigment and mallow pigment. Anthocyanins in the natural state exist in the form of glycosides, which are called anthocyanins, and there are few free anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are mainly used for food coloring, dyes, medicines, cosmetics and so on.
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