The Mulberry Leaf Extracts Demands Raised in the International Market

Mulberry resources are rich in China, which is the distribution center of the world resources. There are 30 kinds of moraceae morus plants around the world, China accounted for a half, the world country with the largest number of mulberry varieties. Mulberry leaf is native to central of China, about four thousand years of history of cultivation, cultivation of a wide range.

Its extract application field is widely, mainly used in medicine, beverage, health care products, cosmetics and animal products, specifications is given priority to mulberry leaves flavonoids greater than or equal to 10%, DNJ1 %, DNJ2 %, the specific consumption to determine according to the different needs of different products.

For companies sourcing Chinese white mulberry extract, purchasing decisions should consider the DNJ specification, plant part and batch test results. Buyers should also confirm the required documents, packaging and delivery schedule before placing a bulk order.

The main demand country of mulberry leaf extract include Japan, the United States and some European countries, the mulberry leaf health food is the most rapidly growing in Japan and the United States. Today, there already had dozens of mulberry leaf of health food on the Japanese market, annual output value as high as several billion yen, Japan mulberry leaves is quite popular with consumers in the field of beautiful white effect. In the U.S. market, because of its good fall blood sugar and blood pressure effect, the common products have mulberry leaf tea, mulberry oral liquid and other health care products contain mulberry leaf extract. In recent years, mulberry leaf health care tea, beverage sales also increased year by year in the United States. Now, the care products, such as mulberry leaf tea and juice in the United States and the European market already had annual sales of millions of dollars.

Chinese use of mulberry leaf extract has been in the mature stage, mainly used in the field of health care products, cosmetics, food and beverage, livestock and poultry products, etc. Main specifications are mulberry leaves flavonoids is greater than or equal to 10%, mulberry leaf DNJ1 %, mulberry leaf DNJ2%.

It is expected that the development of terminal product on the Chinese market is still bullish in the future.

Dr. Zhou Yingjun

Dr. Zhou Yingjun, Ph.D., Professor of Central South University, Doctoral Supervisor, chairman of Geneham Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd., founder of the Research Institute-Sanyou Medical, Director of Natural Medicine Chemistry Teaching and Research Section, Mainly engaged in the chemical composition of natural medicine, structural modification and structure-activity relationship and new drug research and development work. As the technical leader of Geneham®, Dr Zhou Ying-jun has been committed to research on mulberry, fenugreek and rosemary from 2000; after a extensively study over 14 years, Dr. Zhou Yingjun has got a series of achievements, such as the research on functional compositions after the extraction and separation, the animal experiments and clinical studies of mulberry, fenugreek and rosemary.