98% Osthole CAS 484-12-8 Natural Plant Extract
What is Osthole?
Osthole, also referred to as methoxycarvacrol and carvacrol methyl ether, is a naturally occurring coumarin compound. It is widely distributed across multiple botanical families in nature, predominantly found in Umbelliferae and Rutaceae plants, while also present in a small number of Asteraceae and Leguminosae species.
Notably, the dried mature fruits of Cnidium monnieri, a classic herb of the Umbelliferae family, contain an especially high concentration of osthole, serving as the primary and most superior raw material source for commercial osthole extraction.
What are the benefits?
1. Enhance Immune Function
Osthole can effectively stimulate the activity of immune cells, boost the body’s self-defense capability, and elevate overall disease resistance. It plays a valuable auxiliary role in preventing external bacterial and viral infections and reducing the risk of physical discomfort and illness.
2. Anti-Inflammatory and Antibacterial Effects
Osthole exhibits broad-spectrum inhibitory activity against a variety of harmful bacteria and fungi. It also significantly moderates abnormal inflammatory responses in the body, helping relieve inflammatory discomfort and maintain internal physiological balance.
3. Regulate and Promote Reproductive Health
It is well recognized for supporting reproductive function: it helps improve male sperm motility and female fertility, and assists in alleviating common sub-health problems related to sexual dysfunction, offering natural nutritional conditioning for reproductive health.
4. Powerful Antioxidant & Anti-Aging
Osthole possesses strong free radical scavenging capacity. It protects body cells from oxidative stress damage, delays cellular aging, maintains bodily vitality, and delivers long-term benefits for physical wellness and anti-aging care.
5. Lower Lipids and Regulate Endocrine
Pharmacological studies show that osthole helps reduce blood lipid levels, assist in stabilizing blood sugar and blood pressure. Meanwhile, it balances internal hormone secretion and provides effective auxiliary regulation and preventive effects on metabolic syndrome and related chronic discomfort.
Application Areas Overview
Health Care Field
Osthole possesses a wide range of pharmacological activities, including antispasmodic, antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic, immune-boosting and broad-spectrum antibacterial properties.
In traditional healthcare applications, it is commonly used to assist in improving discomforts such as impotence, uterine coldness, infertility, cold-damp leukorrhea, as well as lumbago and body soreness caused by cold-dampness. For external use, it helps relieve vulvar eczema, vaginal itching and trichomoniasis.
Furthermore, Osthole shows potential benefits for degenerative central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. It also delivers notable effects on relieving postmenopausal osteoporosis in women, along with anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, immune regulation, anti-aging, anti-tumor, analgesic and local anesthetic activities. In addition, it exhibits certain insecticidal properties.
Cosmetics and Skin Care Industry
Laboratory moisture absorption tests confirm that Osthole features excellent hygroscopicity and long-lasting moisturizing performance. It provides remarkable nourishing and protective effects on the skin. For this reason, it is widely applied in high-grade cosmetics, daily toiletries and professional skincare formulations, serving as an ideal plant-derived functional raw material for moisturizing and skin conditioning.
