The medicinal history of Siraitia grosvenorii in China can be traced back to 300 years ago. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of moistening the lung and relieving cough, cooling blood and smoothing the intestine. It is used to treat lung fire dry cough, sore throat aphonia, intestinal dry constipation and so on.
Siraitia grosvenorii is the fruit of perennial herb vine of Cucurbitaceae. It is 4 ~ 6cm in diameter, spherical and shiny. It is known as a good medicine and fruit. It mostly grows in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Siraitia grosvenorii is a plant of Siraitia grosvenorii in Cucurbitaceae. It is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine at home and abroad. Its main effective components are terpenoid saponins. It can also be used as non-toxic and harmless food additives. It has very important research value for the development of food industry and pharmaceutical industry. A systematic study was carried out on Siraitia grosvenorii, involving Siraitia grosvenorii fruit, kernel oil, flowers, leaves and root tubers. It was found that the medicinal active components of Siraitia grosvenorii mainly include sweet glycosides, tannins and flavonoids. The new effects of Siraitia grosvenorii mainly include liver protection, bacteriostasis, antioxidation, blood lipid reduction, blood glucose reduction, anti fatigue, hypoxia resistance, high temperature resistance, immune enhancement and free radical elimination.
It was found that the extract of Siraitia grosvenorii contained a variety of fatty acids, essential amino acids, flavonoids and a large number of triterpenoid glycosides. At present, the research and utilization of Siraitia grosvenorii mainly focus on Siraitia grosvenorii sweet glycoside, one of the extracts of Siraitia grosvenorii. Siraitia grosvenorii sweet glycoside is the main component of triterpenoids in Siraitia grosvenorii. Best Pure Monk Fruit Sweetener is a non sugar substance with strong sweet taste, and its sweetness is equivalent to about 300 times of the same amount of sucrose. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that Best Pure Monk Fruit Sweetener also has a variety of biological activities, such as regulating blood glucose balance, fat metabolism, antioxidation and improving immunity. Therefore, Siraitia grosvenorii sweet glycosides have great application prospects in food additives, functional foods and dual-purpose traditional Chinese medicine. The research on the yellow pigment of Siraitia grosvenorii is still blank. It is found that the yellow pigment of Siraitia grosvenorii is a water-soluble pigment. The yellow pigment of Siraitia grosvenorii has good thermal and light stability, strong reduction resistance and weak oxidation resistance. Siraitia grosvenorii yellow pigment has good stability to acid and alkali, so it has a wide range of application. Except that Fe2 + has a great influence on the yellow pigment of Siraitia grosvenorii, the influence of other metal ions is small; Food additives had little effect on the yellow pigment of Siraitia grosvenorii, and the pigment properties were stable.
