Macleaya Cordata Extract

Macleaya cordata extract (Pink Plumepoppy fruit extract) is a green pollution-free plant extract which the main components are sanguinarine and chelerythrine. It demonstrated physiological effects such as antitumor, immunity enhancement, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and insecticidal properties to apply for Animal feed additive, veterinary drug and biopeaticides industries etc. It has become a hotspot in the research and application of substituting antibiotic growth promoters.

Veterinary Drugs
Feed Additive
Biological Pesticide

INQUIRY

Categories: Animal nutrition, Biopesticides, Hot sales, Plant extract Tags: Antibacterial, Antiinflammatory, Antitumor, Immunity enhancement

Description
Botanical Information

Description

Based on low toxicity, no drug resistance and no retreat, Macleaya cordata extract has become a hotspot in the research and application of substituting antibiotic growth promoters. It is believed to be an effective natural appetiser in swine, bovine, poultry, and even fish nutrition.

Piglets

The dietary Macleaya cordata extract supplementation would exert beneficial effects on growth performance, immune status, antioxidant capacity and the intestinal health and may be used as a potential alternative to antibiotics in weaned piglets.

Chicken

The dietary Macleaya cordata extract supplementation can prove laying performance, egg quality, and serum indices etc.

Aquaculture

Macleaya cordata extract can improve the growth performance, survival rate, immune responses, and resistance to bacteria.

Botanical Information

Macleaya cordata (Macleaya cordata (Willd) R. Br.), the five-seeded plume-poppy is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae which is used ornamentally. It is native to China and Japan. It is a large herbaceous perennial growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) or more wide, with olive green leaves and airy panicles of buff-white flowers in summer.

Macleaya cordata is a source of a variety of chemical compounds, mainly isoquinoline alkaloids which contains sanguinarine, chelerythrine, ethoxysanguarine, ethoxychelerythrine, bocconine, protopine, α-allocryptopine and oxysanguinarine etc. The seed oil contains dihydrosanguinarine, dihydrochelerythrine, and twelve fatty acids of which linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids predominate.

The whole plant is analgesic, antioedemic, carminative, depurative and diuretic. The juice from the stems of the leaves is used to treat insect bites. A decoction of the leaves and stems is used in the treatment of ringworm. The poisonous sap is used to counter poisonous sores.The dried hollow stems can be used as whistles. Kills insects and mosquito larvae The flowers are used to kill maggots whilst the whole plant is used to kill larvae and insects.

Macleaya Cordata Extract