Pumpkin extract is extracted from the fruit of Cucurbitaceae, native to North America. Pumpkin contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus

Health function of pumpkin extract

Pumpkin extract has the effect of preventing obesity, treating chronic osteomyelitis, treating asthma, protecting mussels, and promoting lactation. Pumpkin is one of the traditional hearts reducing sugar foods in China. In the 1970s, Japan reported the application of pumpkin powder in the treatment of diabetes. For many years, many researchers have been working on the prevention and treatment of diabetes in pumpkin. It is suggested that pectin, cyclopropyl amino acids, zinc and chromium (CR) in pumpkin may play a major role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

The chromium content of pumpkin is the first among all kinds of vegetables. Cr is one of the essential trace elements in human body. Trivalent chromium is the active center of glucose tolerance factor (GR), which can stimulate glucose uptake and help maintain glucose tolerance. Chromium deficiency is one of the causes of hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease. Chromium can not only inhibit the production of malignant tumors in the body, but also promote the release of insulin in the body, so that the insulin secretion of diabetic patients is normal, which is very effective for reducing blood sugar. Cyclopropyl amino acids can promote the secretion of islet cord, enhance the sensitivity of insulin receptor, activate glucoamylase, accelerate the conversion of glucose and reduce the concentration of blood glucose.

In addition, pumpkin is rich in pectin, which can reduce postprandial blood glucose and blood insulin levels; at the same time, pectin has satiety effect, can improve the patient's hunger, so it can control and assist in the treatment of diabetes and its complications. It is a good food for diabetic patients. In addition, scientists isolated Pumpkin Polysaccharide from pumpkin, and preliminarily determined the hypoglycemic mechanism of pumpkin polysaccharide through animal experiments in mice. Clinical trials have proved that diabetic patients eat 100 g pumpkin powder every day. After 10 days of examination, the patients are improved in varying degrees, and some even recovered. At present, pumpkin powder has been regarded as the "killer" of diabetes by experts.

Hypolipidemic function

Pumpkin polysaccharide was isolated and extracted from pumpkin. It was proved by animal experiments that pumpkin polysaccharide can significantly reduce TG, TCH and LDL in serum of diabetic mice. TG, th and LDL are promoting factors of atherosclerosis, especially the increase of LDL is a risk factor of myocardial infarction. The chemical composition of pumpkin polysaccharide contains a lot of uronic acid, and there are many acid genes with negative charge. Therefore, it is speculated that pumpkin polysaccharide may have the effect similar to phospholipid, which can clear cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis.

In addition, under physiological pH, pumpkin polysaccharide with negative charge can combine with LPL, and release it from arterial wall to blood, promote the degradation of VLDL of chylose grains, prevent and cure cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, prevent and cure common diseases. Pumpkin contains some physiological active substances such as alkaloids, trigonelline and squash seed alkaloid, which can eliminate and catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic nitrosamine to effectively prevent and treat cancer 。

Detoxification, liver and kidney protection

Pumpkin is rich in pectin, and it has excellent adsorption properties, which can bond and effectively eliminate the bacterial toxicity and the influence of heavy metals and radioactive elements in the body. Also, it has the effect of anti-environmental poisons, and has significant curative effect on patients with peptic ulcer disease. Pumpkin contains a small amount of potassium and sodium salt, can accelerate the secretion of prostate stones and nephritis. In addition, pumpkin powder has a certain effect on the treatment of hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, kidney disease and other diseases. These yellow green vegetables like pumpkin, contain harmful substances such as pesticides and nitrite in food, which can help patients with impaired liver and kidney functions and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells. According to the recent research conducted by the Japanese National Cancer Prevention Center, eating yellow vegetables such as pumpkin and cauliflower daily can reduce the incidence rate of lung ulcer and reduce the mortality of pulmonary spasm.

Antioxidation and vision protection

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin E and β - carotene. Vitamin E has a strong antioxidant effect, it can effectively protect the body from some oxygen free radicals and peroxides damage and may have a certain anti-aging effect. β - carotene can be transformed in the body and has an important physiological effect on the human body.

Vitamin A and vitamin VA play an important role in protecting eyesight, preventing eye diseases, maintaining the health of human epithelial tissue and promoting the growth and development of children. At the same time, VIA plays an important physiological role in maintaining normal vision and improving eyesight, promoting bone development and anti-cancer. As the source of VA in food, pumpkin food is more economical than animal food (such as liver, egg yolk, etc.). According to reports, people over 80 who often eat pumpkin can still maintain good eyesight and read newspapers without glasses.

Pumpkin seed and pumpkin seed extract have pharmacological effects on relieving prostatitis and treating benign prostatic hypertrophy, but the curative effect is poor when used alone. If other natural plants are used together, the curative effect is better. Pumpkin seed oil is rich in fatty acids such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which can prevent prostate cancer and enhance male sexual function.

Other functions

Pumpkin is rich in citrulline, which can expel the parasites such as tobacco worm, syenosoma, ginger leaf worm and Schistosoma. It has certain curative effect on treating schistosomiasis and ascites of advanced schistosomiasis. Pumpkin seeds are also rich in soybean oil acid, which can nourish brain cells, remove deposits on the inner wall of blood vessels, improve brain function and cerebral blood circulation. Inorganic salts and trace elements in pumpkin play an extremely important role in maintaining body health.