Main Chemical Composition of Grape Seed Extract
The major functional composition in grape is grape polyphenol including proanthocyanidins. Besides, there are some other ingredients, like glucose, fructose, sucrose, xylose, tartaric acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid and single glucoside & glucobioside of all kinds of anthocyanidin.
Polyphenols
There are mainly 4 kinds of polyphenol substances in grape: tannin, anthocyanidin, phenolic acid and flavonoids. The vital polyphenols in grape is the same kind as flavonoids type, including flavane-3, 4-diol, flavonoids tannin, flavonoids, flavonol, flavanol, chalcone and anthocyadin, etc. Anthocyanidins in grape are mainly as anthocyanin, methyle anthocyanin, petunidin, malvin and dephinidin, existing in common by dimmer or bigger molecule. The composition of flavonol kind in grape is major for quercetin in ordinary form. Proanthocyanidins are major ingredients in Grape Seed & grape skin, also the most kind in polyphenol content, mainly existing by dimer or polymer form.
Functions:
Antioxidant Effect
The antioxidant capacity of Grape Seed ( skin ) Extract comes from proanthocyanidins ( OPCs ). With an antioxidant power 20 times stronger than Vitamin C and 50 times stronger than Vitamin E, OPCs is known as a powerful antioxidant to neutralize free radicals, which play a major role in degenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, impaired vision, sun damage and premature aging.
Skin Care
KINGHERBS' Grape Seed Extract OPCs is thought to prevent the skin from excessive UV radiation and free radicals. Considerable evidences indicate that OPCs protect and strengthen collagen and elastin of the skin, so that wrinkles are prevented and elasticity of the skin is kept. It has the efficacy of firming skin, crease resisting and freckle curing, to make skin smooth, exquisite and be full of flexibility.
The Grape Seed Extract has already become one of the top ten salable natural plant extract products and owns the reputation of "natural health care product" and "orally cosmetics" in America.
Preventing and Curing Cardiovascular Diseases
Researches have assured that OPCs helps strengthen capillaries, arteries and veins, which endows it several important clinical applications. OPCs appears to stabilize the walls of blood vessels, reduce inflammation, and generally support tissues containing collagen and elastin. OPCs not only can relieve or repair arteriosclerosis, but also relieve pain and oedema of venous insufficiency, through strengthening capillary and dropping permeability of capillary. Being effective against oedema that often follows injury or surgery, OPCs has been proved to effectively improve pathological changes in retina caused by diabetes, arteriosclerosis, inflammation and aging. For the same reason, it has been reported that OPCs can speed vision recovery after strong light, and improve vision acuity of those who suffer from eye fatigue due to long-time computer using.