Japanese galangal flower extract for improving sugar tolerance and usage of Japanese galangal flower extract

• Main Author: ZHOU PEILONG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.07.2015
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention discloses a Japanese galangal flower extract for improving sugar tolerance and a usage of the Japanese galangal flower extract. The extract is extracted from the raw material Japanese galangal flower, wherein the Japanese galangal flower is flower of Alpinia japonica Miq of the Alpinia genus of the ginger family. The Japanese galangal flower extract is capable of obviously improving sugar tolerance and decreasing fasting or postprandial blood glucose levels of the patients, so that the Japanese galangal flower extract plays a significant regulatory role in the blood glucose level of the patient with abnormal glucose tolerance, hyperglycemia or diabetes; thus, the Japanese galangal flower extract can be developed into drugs, health foods or functional foods for the patients with abnormal glucose tolerances. The Japanese galangal flower extract has relatively wide applicable crowd.