mangnolia bark extract magnolol/honokiol magnolol honokiol CAS NO.35354-74-6

Magnolia Bark Extract Magnolo Honokiol

Magnolia bark contains magnolol, and honokiol, isomagnolol and other ingredients. It has been isolated of the trihydroxy honokiol, degausated trihydroxy glibenol, trihydroxy thick aldehydes, poly honokiol a, c. from the ethyl acetate extract of magnolia. Bark contains about 1% volatile oil, which mainly contains β-oleyl alcohol; still contain α-pinene, β-pinene and limonene. The bark also contains lignin. Its leaves also contain magnolol and honokiol.
[Harvest and Processing] On April to June, pick off the dried bark growing for more than 15 years, and put into the boiling water for micro-cook, and put into the soil pits, covered with grass to "sweat". When the water comes from the internal seepage and the inner surface becomes purple brown or tan, further steamed soft, remove out, roll into tube-like, and dry it Root bark and branch, after being peel down, can be directly dried.

Magnolol is derived from the root bark and branch bark of magnolia or Magnolia officinalis. Magnolia officinalis was first written in the《ben jing》, it prefers cool and humid climate and well-drained acid soil. Cortex magnoliae officinalis (hou po) is mainly produced in Sichuan (Wan quan, Shizhu, Guanxian), Hubei (Shien,Yichang, Lichuan), Zhejiang (Longquan, Anhui), and other places. It is also distributed in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shanxi, Gansu, and other places. Cortex magnoliae officinalis from Sichuan and Hubei is called “chuan pu,” with better quality, while in Zhejiang, it is called “warm park,” with a larger output.

Honokiol is the isomer of magnolol, being the dimer polymerized by the side chain of phenylpropane and another phenylpropyl benzene nucleus, called the neolignan. It was mainly found in the Lauraceae plants, being the active ingredients of antibacterial, anti-inflammatory of the traditional Chinese medicine Magnolia.
Honokiol and magnolol appear as colorless needle crystal, being insoluble in water, soluble in chloroform, benzene, ethanol and caustic alkali. The physical and chemical constants were honokiol, mp: 102 ° C, UV λmaxEtOHnm (ε): 294 (8200); and honokiol, mp: 87.5 ° C, UV λmaxEtOHnm (ε): 294 nm (8200).

Storage Method: Stored in a cool and dry well-closed container,keep away from sunshine and strong light/heat

Package Information:1KG/Bag, 2kg/bag, 5kg/bag,25kg/drum and 28kg/drum

Magnolia is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and has been included in many kinds of prescriptions. In recent years, domestic and foreign scholars, through the in-depth study of the active ingredients, pharmacodynamics and clinical pharmacy of Magnolia officinalis, have developed the Magnolia caries toothpaste, antibacterial “chewing gum” made of Magnolia extract that have been already marketed.