Helicteres Isora Extract Powder

Description

Product Name     : Helicteres Isora Extract Powder

Botanical Name  : Helicteres isora Linn.

Family Name      :  STERCULIACEAE

Common Name  : East Indian screw tree, Porkabit (Thai)

Part Used           : Fruits

Helicteres isora Linn. is a plant in the Family Sterculiaceae with the common name of East Indian screw tree and Porkabit in Thai. East Indian screw tree is a sub-deciduous shrub or small tree with grey coloured bark. Flowers solitary or in sparse clusters, with red petals turning pale blue when old. Fruits are greenish brown, beaked, cylindrical, and spirally twisted on ripening. The twisted shape of the fruit is what lends most of it names like screw tree. The fruits and bark of Porkabit has been used in traditional medicine in India for the treatment of diabetes mellitus since time immemorial. Pharmacological effects include anti-oxidant, antipyreticantimicrobial and hepatoprotective. The active components of  Porkabit are  Polyphenols such as Gallic acid, Flavonoids  and Tannins.

Active Ingredients of Helicteres Isora Extract