ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITION CONTAINING HERBAL EXTRACT

摘要

PURPOSE: An antioxidant composition containing an extract of herbal plants such as pine needles, Artemisia Iwayomogi, Saururus chinensis Baill. and Rubus coranus Miquel is provided. It has better antioxidant properties than ascorbate and BHA known as antioxidants and thus improves food quality when applied to various foods. CONSTITUTION: An antioxidant composition comprises an extract of herbal plants comprising pine needles(Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.), Artemisia Iwayomogi, Saururus chinensis Baill. and Rubus coranus Miquel in a weight ratio of 1:1:1:1. For an example, 10g pine needles, 10g Artemisia Iwayomogi, 10g Saururus chinensis Baill. and 10g Rubus coranus Miquel are extracted with 400ml distilled water for 4hr at 95deg.C. The extract exhibits better antioxidant properties than ascorbate.