Product Name: Genipin 98%

Plant source:Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Appearance: white crystalline powder

Molecular Formula: C₁₁H₁₄O₅
Molecular Weight: 226.23

CAS No.: 6902-77-8

Genipin is the active compound found in the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis extract used as a Chinese traditional medicine to relieve the symptoms of type 2 diabetes.

Genipin is an excellent natural cross-linker for proteins, collagen, gelatin, and chitosan cross-linking. It has a low acute toxicity; much less toxic than glutaraldehyde and many other commonly used synthetic cross-linking reagents. It is also used for pharmaceutical purposes, such as choleretic action for liver diseases control.

Furthermore, genipin can be used as a cross-linking agent for immobilized enzymes, as a regulating agent for drug delivery, as the raw material for gardenia blue pigment preparation, and as the intermediate for alkaloid syntheses.

Besides the medicinal usage, Genipin has also been a wide range of applications in other areas, such as react with amino acid to be Gardenia Blue which can be widely used in food, printing and dyeing industry; used as a biological fingerprint capture reagents; or natural cross-linking agent for enzyme immobilization and preparation of gel capsules as well as for medicinal uses.