Kava Extract

Product Name: Kava Extract

Latin Name: Piper methyticum L.

Type: Herbal Extract

Part of used: Root

Appearance: Light yellow fine powder

Active Ingredient: Kavalactones

CAS No.: 9000-38-8

Molecular Formula: C15H14O5

Molecular Weight: 274.269

Specification: 10%

Extract solvent: Ethanol

Test Method: HPLC

Function:

Kava (Piper methysticum) (Piper Latin for "pepper", methysticum Greek for "intoxicating") is an ancient crop of the South Pacific. The word kava is used to refer both to the plant and the beverage produced from its roots. Kava has been used by indigenous people as an intoxicating traditional beverage since ancient times. Various preparations of kava have been marketed since the 1980s, especially in Europe and North America to manage mild anxiety, tension, and restlessness. Some reports also indicate that kava preparations may have analgesic, spasmolytic, neuroprotective, and antimitotic activities.

Its active ingredients are called kavalactones. To date, 18 kavalactones have been identified, among these, six major kavalactones constitute approximately 95% of the lipid extract derived from the dried roots and rhizomes; these are kavain, dihydrokavain, methysticin, dihydromethysticin, yangonin, and desmethoxyyangonin.

Safety concerns have been raised over liver toxicity largely due to the use of stems and leaves by supplement makers, as opposed to solely the root of the plant as dictated by traditional uses.

The Kava Root Extract used in dietary supplements is derived from the roots (not including the stems and leaves) of the plant Piper methysticum.

Application:

(1) Widely applied in health drinks
(2) Mainly used in removing tension and stress and easing muscular tone. Kava P.E. are often consumed through preparing kava as an herbal tea, prepared by straining a mixture of water and shredded, pounded, dried root and/or stump.
(3) Also, be chewed as part of this preparation method. The enzymes in the saliva will affect the final product