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best quality guarana seed extract 22% caffeine paullinia cupana

Latin Name: Paullinia cupana Kunth 
Molecular forula:C8H10N4O2  
Molecular Weight: 194.19  
Specification: 10%, 20% ,22%
Use Part : seed
Appearance: yellow brown powder
Mesh size:80 Mesh
Test Method: HPLC
 
 
Introduction:    
    Guarana (Paullinia Cupana), a tropical berry which grows in the Amazon that is found in parts of Venezuela and Brazil, and mainly cultivated in Yunnan, Hainan provinces in China. The berries of this plant have a number of health benefits, including the ability to burn fat and increase energy, among others. Today’s common use of guarana is in energy drinks and sports nutrition drinks due to its energizing effects. 
    Guarana extract is made by pulverizing the dried fruit into a fine powder.The fruits of the guarana plant contain twice to thrice the amount of caffeine present in coffee beans (approximately 4 percent), xanthine and tannins. Guaranine is the main ingredient in Guarana and this ingredient is (in chemical terms) close to caffeine.

Function
1. Stimulates the central nervous system to fight fatigue and increase activity levels;
2. With the function of suppressing appetite, it is a kind of weight loss supplements;
3. Some laboratory studies showed antioxidant and antibacterial effects;
4. It can increased memory retention and physical endurance;
5. Encouraging movement of the bowels, a beneficial effect for people suffering from constipation;
 
Applications:
1. Applied in beverage field, it is used in sweetened or carbonated soft drinks and energy shots, an ingredient of herbal tea
2. Applied in health product field, as a dietary supplement;
3. In pharmaceutical field as the stimulant ingredient in capsules.