【Product Name】: Pumpkin Seed Extract

【Botanical Name】: Cucurbita moschata

【Part used】: Seed

【Appearance】: Light Yellow powder

【Specification】: 4：1  10：1 / Regular Powder / Fatty Acids 5-25% / Beta-Sitosterol 5-20% / Protein 50%

【Storage Period】: 24 Months

【Package】: 1kg/bag 25kg/drum

【Test Method】: HPLC

【Storage Conditions】: Store in cool and dry places. Keep away from strong light and heat.

Description

It is an annual trailing herb with stems up to 2 to 5 meters long. Rooting at regular nodes. Densely covered with white bristles. Single leaf alternate; stout petiole, 8-19 cm long, with bristles; leaf blade broadly ovoid or ovoid, with 5 horns or 5 lobes, 12-25 cm long, 20-30 cm wide, apex pointed, deep base It is heart-shaped, green on the top and light green on the bottom, with bristles and hairs on both sides, with small and dense denticles on the edges. The tendrils are slightly stout, and the coat is 3 to 5 divergent. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, male flowers are solitary, calyx tube bell-shaped, 5-6 mm long, lobes strip-shaped, 10-15 mm long, pilose, upper part expanded into leaf-like, corolla yellow, bell-shaped, long Approximately 8 cm, 5 mid-lobed, lobes recurved, 3 stamens, filaments glandular, 5 to 8 mm long, with bent chambers; female flowers are solitary, ovary 1-loculed, short stigma, stigma 3, swollen, The apex is 2-lobed, the fruit stalk is strong, furrowed, 5-7 cm long, and the melon pedicle expands into a trumpet shape. The gourd fruit has various shapes, and there are often longitudinal grooves on the outside. The seeds are numerous, long ovoid or oblong, off-white. Flowering from June to July, fruiting from August to September.

Chemical Composition

It mainly contains linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, triacylglycerol, phosphatidylhexanolamine, cucurbitine and other ingredients.