Gentian root.Gentiana Lutea.Chinese Gentian.

Description of Gentian:Narrative and Names of Gentian,Collection of Gentian,Actions and indication of Gentian.

Gentian Extract INCI Name Gentiana Lutea Extract EINECS ELINCS No 277-139-0 CAS 72968-42-4 photo picture image Description of Gentian:

Gentiana is a perennial herb indigenous to the alpine and sub-alpine pastures of central and southern Europe. Ringed and forked, the thick wrinkled root is brown on the outside and yellow on the inside. The simple, erect, glabrous stem grows to a height of 120cm, giving off opposite bluish-green elliptical leaves with prominent curved veins. Three to ten yellow flowers arise together in the axils of bowl-shaped bracts after the root is about ten years old. The fruit is an oblong, two-valved capsule.
Gentian Extract INCI Name Gentiana Lutea Extract EINECS ELINCS No 277-139-0 CAS 72968-42-4 photo picture image

Narrative and Names of Gentian:

Gentian is named after Gentius, King of Illyria in the 1st or 2nd century BC, who is said to have discovered the plant's ability to reduce fevers. Gentian root is used in many bitter liqueurs. Other species of Gentiana, known as longdan, are prescribed in Chinese medicine for similar conditions to those outlined above, as well as for conjunctivitis, urinary tract infections, jaundice, hepatitis, eczema and other skin problems

Collection Gentian:

The root and rhizome are unearthed in late summer and autumn in the second or third year, before the plant is mature enough to flower. They should be sliced and dried slowly, during which time the characteristic odour, colour and taste develop.
Gentian Extract INCI Name Gentiana Lutea Extract EINECS ELINCS No 277-139-0 CAS 72968-42-4 photo picture image

Actions and indication:

Bitter.Digestive stimulant.Eases stomach pain. pronounced bitter gastric stimulant,sialagogue,cholagogue,tonic,antemetic, anti-inflammatory,febrifuge,refrigerant.
Indication:Anorexia.Atonic dyspepsia.Gastro-intestinal atony.It is very useful in some malnourished individuals, especially the elderly.

Characteristics: Perennial herb with large tap root and at least up to 1 m tall. Leaves large and deeply veined, in basal rosette until flowering. Flowers in terminal and axillary clusters, each cluster with a large leaf below it. Corolla deeply divided, yellow (petals nearly free), and not with folds (plicae) between lobes.

Reference:

1.Gentian root.Gentiana Lutea.Chinese Gentian.

last edit date:1st,Mar.2010.

Available Product

Name:Gentian Extract
Serie No:R003.
Specifications:10:1.4:1TLC.
INCI Name:GENTIANA LUTEA EXTRACT
EINECS/ELINCS No.:277-139-0
CAS:72968-42-4
Chem/IUPAC Name:Gentiana Lutea Extract is an extract of the rhizomes and roots of the gentian,Gentiana lutea,Gentianaceae.

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