Botanicals
Botanicals
Botanicals
Botanicals
Background
The Botanicals are a group of products derived from plants, which have been identified, characterized and standardized to high purity and quality. These ingredients are known as active principles, and are used across many industries for their unique properties and functionalities which they provide, either in application or as beneficial to the consumer when consumed.
Prime Ingredients provides a range of plant-derived botanical extracts used in the Nutraceutical and Food and Beverage industries. These ingredients are supported by the essential and consistent research and development and analytical testing protocols required to offer these products to the marketplace with expertise and confidence, and also meet and satisfy the necessary regulatory requirements where they are used.
These plant derived active principles are used for a wide range of purposes and applications, from improving or optimizing the nutritional profile of a product, to extending the shelf life, or improving the taste of a finished product.
There are a large group of botanical ingredients which are known for providing scientifically determined and proven benefits for improving health, preventing disease and promoting overall wellness.
These ingredients are all sourced from our global partner, Indena, a leading company in this field for over one century. All of these ingredients are backed up by full phytochemical characterization, rigorous quality testing, and proper safety and efficacy documentation.
Products are all typically Halal and Kosher certified. Furthermore, they are naturally derived and offer unique, natural, and clean label alternatives for your product application.
Botanicals. Indena. Indeed.
Prime Ingredients has partnered with Indena, a leading company in botanicals, dedicated to the identification, development and production of high quality active principles derived from plants, for use in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food industries.
With a century of botanical experience, Indena holds more than 100 primary patents, has published more than 1000 scientific studies and cooperates with some of the most prestigious universities and private research institutions in the world. Throughout its long history, Indena has specialized in the identification, development and production of plant derived purified extracts and pharmaceutical active principles including flavonoids, glycosides, amino acids, alkaloids and their semi-synthetic derivatives.
Indena is headquartered in Milan, and has production sites and offices throughout the world.
Indena is a company based upon process and product research, and understands the importance of consistently investing in scientific research in order to confidently support all of their product portfolio and guarantee assurance to customers and consumers, with the ultimate goal to meet and possibly exceed all market expectations.
Indena is a global company with strengths in overall botanical expertise, processing, including scale-up and industrial production, research and product development, all with the proper foundation of quality, safety and efficacy principles. In addition to traditional gathering of wild plants, Indena has established a worldwide network of farms to provide high quality vegetal raw material. They pursue the highest botanical standards with maximum respect for the environment and biodiversity.
Through successful management of the overall quality of the raw material, proper control of the supply chain and maintaining the highest quality for their manufacturing processes, they are able to lead the industry with the highest quality and superior products.
Sustainability and the Environment: Indena maintains a Sustainable Sourcing Program, in which they are dedicated to the communities where they grow and harvest their raw materials, and they are conscious of how important it is to preserve and regenerate the natural balance of every living source. They strictly follow the laws, guidelines, procedures and programs within each region with the aim of guaranteeing the safety of employees, safeguarding the environment and maintaining biodiversity.
Through years of Research and Development and marketing experience, Indena is able to successfully develop and offer premium, high quality ingredients, applying propriety technology to generate IP-covered solutions which have been biologically validated.
Indena has also been at the forefront of the botanicals industry with many significant inventions. They have developed and pioneered a proprietary delivery system for formulated extracts, the phytosome, a system which optimizes the bioavailability and efficacy of key extracts.
All of the ingredients Indena brings to the market have undergone a standardization process from the phytochemistry through extraction and formulation, and their activity in terms of efficacy and safety is scientifically documented.
Bilberry Dry Extract 36%
(Mirtoselect®)
Bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus L., is a small edible berry whose use in traditional medicine has been documented since the Middle Ages, becoming one of the major herbal remedies after the 16th century. Later studies have since identified some of bilberry biologically active substances, particularly the anthocyanins, with impressive antioxidant properties.
Mirtoselect® is a standardized extract containing more than 36% of anthocyanins, whose formulation has been optimized from the 1970s.
Supported by more than 60 positive studies, including at least 30 controlled or double-blind studies about vascular and eye health efficacy, nowadays Mirtoselect® is also studied for its anthocyanins profile broad effect, encompassing memory optimization, cardiovascular health, metabolic health and more.
Grape Seed Dry Extract
(Enovita®)
Grape Seeds, from Vitis vinifera L., are a source of proanthocyanidins, which are antioxidants which have been demonstrated and validated to promote the maintenance of healthy blood pressure values and overall cardiovascular health.
Enovita® is a proprietary proanthocyanidins (OPCs=oligomeric proanthocyanidins) rich Grape Seed Extract, made exclusively with grape seeds from white wine production.
Enovita® aims to become an ally for stress resilience and cardiovascular wellbeing.
Grape seeds have the potential to provide and promote healthy blood pressure. In fact, proanthocyanidins directly modulate the angiotensin-converting enzyme and indirectly regulate endothelially generated nitrogen oxidase lifetime, resulting in a healthy levelling of both systolic and diastolic blood pressures with potential beneficial effects for all risk factors associated with heart stress.
Supported by scientific evidence, Enovita® is a water-extracted, naturally-derived solution for maintaining blood pressure within a normal range, in the context of a healthy lifestyle. A recent human study showed that Enovita® is able to modulate blood pressure also in healthy people and borderline subjects, confirming the results obtained also in people with higher cardiovascular risk.
The same study revealed that Enovita® is effective in improving mood, stress management and quality of life, as well as in reducing perceived stress and worries.
Guarana Extract
Guarana Extract is derived from the seed of the plant Paullinia cupana Kunth. It is a climbing plant in the Sapindaceae family, and is common in Brazil. The plant has been known for centuries. The word guarana comes from the Guarani word guara-na, which has origins in the word for plant, warana, which, in Guarani, means “fruit like the eyes of the people”, or “eyes of the gods”. This etymology is accurate, when you observe the appearance of a mature guarana fruit. It is about the size of a coffee berry, and resembles an eye, with a red shell casing and a black seed, covered by a white aril.
Guarana Extract is made by processing the seeds into a powder. Guarana contains many compounds which have antioxidant properties, including caffeine, theobromine, tannins, saponins and catechins. Guarana is a popular ingredient that is used in Energy Drinks and Products. Thus it is known to reduce fatigue and improve focus.
As a lipolytic, it may also promote weight loss.
As a mild diuretic, Guarana Extract is also known to provide benefits which help to rid the body of sodium, which helps to remove water from the blood. This decrease in the mount of fluid flowing through the veins and arteries can reduce blood pressure. In addition to this aid in blood flow, guarana may also prevent blood clotting and decrease the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, which benefit heart health overall.
As a tonic, when ingested, it can provide a feeling of vigor or invigoration or well-being.
The therapeutic properties and benefits of Guarana Extract have been known and used for centuries. It is linked to heart health, reducing fatigue, weight loss, pain relief, healthier skin, reducing the risk of cancer and decreasing the risk of age-related eye diseases.
Ginkgoselect® Phytosome®
Ginkgoselect® Phytosome® originates from the leaf of the Ginkgo biloba L. tree. Ginkgo biloba has a very high antioxidant content, which is why it has been identified for its health and medicinal benefits, and why it has been used for a variety of uses, including medicinal, for centuries.
Ginkgo biloba has very high antioxidant activity, as it has high levels of flavonoids and terpenoids (polyphenols), compounds known for their strong antioxidant effects. Free radicals are highly reactive particles which are present in our body, and which are key for normal metabolic functions. However, they have the potential to cause damage to healthy tissues and accelerate aging and disease development. Antioxidants are molecules which are able to neutralize and fight the potentially damaging effects of these highly reactive free radicals.
Ginkgo biloba has been shown to provide many health benefits including:
Providing cognitive health support
Improving and providing healthy brain function
Improving vascular health
What makes Ginkgoselect® Phytosome® so unique? It is the Phytosome® strategy.
The Phytosome® is a specially formulated, proprietary, food-grade delivery system, which is able to optimize the biological absorption of polyphenols and other natural active ingredients, normally poorly soluble in both water and organic solvents.
The pioneering Phytosome® formulation technology is specifically intended to facilitate the dissolution profile and optimize the pharmacokinetics, thus simultaneously optimizing the bio-absorption levels and overall effectiveness of the botanical extracts, while maintaining the integrity and safety of the natural extract, which makes Ginkgoselect® Phytosome®, so distinctive.
