Guarana Extract Powder/guarana seed extract
- Product Name: Guarana Extract/ Guarana Seed Extract
- Latin name: Paullinia Cupana
- Part Used: seed
- Active Ingredient: Caffeine
- Appearance: Reddish brown powder
- Specification: Natural Caffeine 5%, 10%, 15% HPLC
- Mesh size: 90% through 80mesh
Description
Guarana extract Powder is prepared from the climbing vine, guarana (scientific name Paullinia cupana). Sapindaceae, native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. It is mainly cultivated in Yunnan, Hainan provinces in China. The fruits of the guarana plant contain twice to thrice the amount of caffeine present in coffee beans (approximately 4 percent), xanthine and tannins.
Main Function
- Guarana is used for weight control, to enhance athletic performance, and to reduce mental and physical fatigue.
- It is a frequent addition to energy and weight control products.
- Some people also use guarana to treat low blood pressure and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and to prevent malaria and dysentery.
- It is also used to increase urine flow, as an astringent.
- Other uses include treatment of ongoing diarrhea, fever, heart problems, headache, joint pain, backache, and heat stress.
- In food manufacturing, guarana has been used as a flavoring ingredient in beverages and candy.
Application
It is widely applied in food field and used in sweetened or carbonated soft drinks and energy shots, it is an ingredient of herbal tea. Applied in health product&pharmaceutical field as adietary supplement.
