Sponge Gourds Extract(Towel Gourd Extract)

[ Latin Name ] Luffa cylindrica(Linn.) Roem.
[ Plant Source ] The fruit of Towel Gourd, Suakwa Vegetablesponge
[ Active Ingredient ]  p-coumaric acid 
[ Detection method: HPLC
[ Specification ] 10:1 ,20:1
[ Appearance ] Brown Yellow Fine powder
[ Main Functions ]
1. Has effect of the refrigeration phlegm reduction, the detumescent drainage.
2. Has functions and so on refrigeration bowel movement, disintoxicating,health care, cosmetology, clean blood.
3. Dispelling wind and relieving pain, Regulating Qi.
4. Has vitality and nourishing, white skin, the beauty of the effectiveness of beauty.
About Sponge Gourds Extract(Towel Gourd Extract)
Luffa Cylindrica's dried fruit fibers are used as abrasive sponges in skin care, to remove dead skin and to stimulate the circulation. The fruits are anthelmintic, carminative, laxative, depurative, emollient, expectorant, tonic and galactagogue and are useful in fever, syphilis, tumours, bronchitis, splenopathy and leprosy. The vine is most commonly grown for the fibrous interior of the fruits. Kernel of seed is expectorant, demulcent and used in dysentery. Seed oil is used in leprosy and skin diseases. Fruit is intensely bitter and fibrous. It has purgative property and is used for dropsy, nephritis, chronic bronchitis and lung complaints.
Hydrophilic antioxidant constituents in the fruits of the vegetable Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem (sponge gourds) were separated by an antioxidant-guided assay to yield eight compounds: (1) p-coumaric acid(2)1-O-feruloyl-߭d-glucose(3)1-O-p-coumaroyl-߭d-glucose (4)1-O-caffeoyl-߭d-glucose (5)1-O-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)glucose (6)diosmetin-7-O-߭d-glucuronide methyl ester (7)apigenin-7-O-߭d-glucuronide methyl ester (8)and luteolin-7-O-߭d-glucuronide methyl ester.