Hydroxytyrosol is a natural polyphenol compound with a variety of biological and pharmacological activities. It is extracted from olive leaves. Hydroxytyrosol has a role in preventing and treating cancer, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease, and protection of retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Benefits of Hydroxytyrosol
Hydroxytyrosol is used in beauty products and health products. It can effectively enhance skin elasticity and moisturizing, with wrinkle-removing and anti-aging effects.
It helps the body to absorb minerals, which can be absorbed naturally without calcium supplementation, to maintain bone density and reduce bone loss. At the same time, it can improve the function of the endocrine system, enhance metabolism, promote wound healing, eliminate free radicals in the body, and restore the healthy state of human organs. It can also prevent brain failure, delay aging, and maintain youthful vitality.
It can prevent lung cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, prostate cancer and promote the recovery of cancer in the later stage and improve the effect of chemotherapy.
By effectively reducing and inhibiting the harm of smoking to the human body, hydroxytyrosol plays a role in preventing and treating various diseases caused by smoking. It may have a protective effect on the degeneration of retinal pigment epithelial cells caused by smoking, such as macular disease of the retina.
It has miraculous effects on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, which is better than similar drugs.
In addition, hydroxytyrosol can be used as a natural antibacterial, antiviral and fungicidal product for agricultural and pest control purposes.
A diet rich in olive oil will benefit the treatment of diseases related to mitochondrial dysfunction such as diabetes and obesity.
A powerful antioxidant from nature
As an active ingredient in olives, hydroxytyrosol powder acts as a highly active antioxidant in the human body. Antioxidants, biologically active molecules, exist in many plants, but their activities are not the same. Hydroxytyrosol is regarded as one of the most powerful antioxidants, and the market demand is increasing day by day. Its oxygen free radical absorption capacity is about 4,500,000μmolTE/100g: 10 times that of green tea, and more than twice that of CoQ10 and quercetin.
The other important active ingredient in olive leaf is Oleuropein. It is also a super antioxidant, widely used in pharmaceutical, health care products, cosmetics and health food.
