Mulberry leaf dried is a fast growing deciduous woody perennial plant. It has a deep root system. The leaves are simple, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, entire or lobed. The number of lobes varies from one to five. Plants are generally dioecious. Inflorescence is catkin with pendent or drooping peduncle bearing unisexual flowers. Inflorescence is always auxiliary. Male catkins are usually longer than the female catkins. Male flowers are loosely arranged and after shedding the pollen, the inflorescence dries and falls off. These are four persistent parianth lobes and four stamens implexed in bud. Female inflorescence is usually short and the flowers are very compactly arranged. There are four persistent parianth lobes. The ovary is one-celled and the stigma is bifid. The chief pollinating agent in mulberry is wind.
Mulberry fruit is a sorosis, mainly violet black in colour.
Functions:
1.Mulberry leaf extract used to free radical scavenging activities; 2.Mulberry leaf extract with the function of immune adjustment activities; 3.Mulberry leaf extract own the effective of blood sugar lowering activities; 4.Mulberry leaf extract used to weight loss activities by prevent absorption of glucose; 5.Mulberry leaf extract has the useage of inhibiting activities against virus and tumor metastasis.
Application
A) Inhibiting activities against a-glycosidase B) Inhibiting activities against viruses C) Inhibiting activities against tumor metastasis D) Inhibiting activities against a-amylase E) Blood sugar lowering activities F) Free radical scavenging activities
