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100% Pure flavonoids Hawthorn Leaf Extract powder
Latin Name: Crataegus oxyacantha
Active Ingredient: Flavonoids
Botanical sources : Hawthorn
Specification: Hawthorn 10% Flavonoids UV
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Hawthorn, botanical name Crataegus oxyacantha, grows as a thorny shrub with white and pink flowers and berries in Europe, Western Asia, North America and Northern Africa. Modern medicinal parts used are the leaves and flowers whereas traditional preparations use the fruit. The main active constituents of Hawthorn are flavonoids including oligomeric procyanidins (OPCs), vitexin, vitexin 4'-O-rhamnoside, quercetin, and hyperoside. These flavonoids act as potent antioxidants.
Hawthorn has been used in China since ancient times for digestion as well as for other difficulties. As far back as the Renaissance, Europeans used this supplement for digestive ailments; beginning in the late 1800s, doctors in Europe began to use hawthorn to treat heart disease as well. More recently, hawthorn has been used mostly as a cardiotonic (to "strengthen" the heart muscle and promote more forceful contractions .