Griffonia simplicifolia extract
Griffonia simplicifolia extract 5-HTP
Latin Name:Griffonia simplicifolia (Vahl ex DC) Baill
Specifications:5-HTP 95% 98% by HPLC
Used Part:Seeds
Active Ingredients:5-Hydroxytryptophan(5-HTP)
Appearance:Off white Crystalline powder
CAS No:56-69-9
Molecular Formula:C11H12N2O3
Molecular Weight:220.23
Molecular structure:
Products description:
Griffonia Seed (Griffonia simplicifolia) is a Leguminous shrub plant growing in western Africa countries such
as Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo. Its seed takes the shape of long roundness, about 1.5cm long, 1cm wide.
The hull of the seed is black with wrinkles. The endosperm is yellowish green with slight aroma of beans.
Harvest time is in December each year to next February.
Functions:
1. Improving in mood, anxiety, insomnia, and physical symptoms
2. Anti depression, Reducing depressing and fibromyalgia
3.Being effective in various types of headaches including tension headache and migrains
4. Decreasing food intake and weight loss
Applications:
1. As raw materials of drugs for anti-bacterial, anti-depressants, anti-tumor and sedation, it is widely used in
fields of pharmaceutical and health products;
2. As insomnia, other similar symptoms of psychasthenia and lose weight product raw material, it is widely
used in health products industry;
3. As dietary supplements increased therapeutic function, it is widely used in fields of dietary supplement
products;
4. As products of sedative and anti-bacterial, they are widely used to add to beauty products in cosmetic
industry.