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In addition to the traditional Chinese medicine, serpentine is also found in a variety of plants, mainly in the Umbelliferae family, including Angelica spp. It is also found in a few species of Asteraceae and Leguminosae.

Effects

It is a natural coumarin component and has been used in clinical research. It has antispasmodic, hypotensive, antiarrhythmic, immune enhancing and broad-spectrum antibacterial effects. It has not only anti-hypertensive, anti-arrhythmic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-osteoporosis effects, but also has significant effects on pests and phytopathogenic bacteria as a new type of biopesticide.

Serpentine has effects on degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, such as Alzheimer's disease (dementia), Parkinson's, etc.;

It has a central sedative effect and promotes learning and memory;

For the endocrine system, anti-postmenopausal osteoporosis effects in women, hormone-like effects;

For the immune system, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic (anti-allergic);

Enhancement of specific immune functions;

Serpentine also has anti-arrhythmic, anti-aging, anti-tumor, analgesic, local anesthetic, insecticidal (thixotropic effect mainly, gastric poisoning effect as a supplement), broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, etc.

In vitro tests have shown that serpentine can inhibit the activity of ringworm and mycobacteria, and has an effect on skin eczema and other disorders;

The hygroscopic test of serpentine shows that it has good hygroscopic and moisturizing properties, and has a caring effect on the skin.

It is mainly used clinically for the treatment of impotence in men, damp and itchy scrotum, itchy pubic area under the belt in women, cold and infertility in the uterus, rheumatic paralysis, scabies and dampness, and trichomonas vaginalis. It can also be used as a field insecticide and fungicide, with the main effect of touch killing, supplemented by gastric poisoning. The liquid is absorbed into the insects through the body surface and acts on the pest's nervous system, resulting in non-functional contraction of the pest's muscles, and eventually exhaustion and death, and has a good touch killing effect on a variety of pests, such as cabbage worm, tea looper, cotton bollworm, beet moth and various aphids.

Applications

1. Chinese herbal medicine ingredients, pharmaceutical raw materials.

2. Food additive raw materials.

3. Raw materials for cosmetic, toiletries and skin care applications.

4. Plant source pesticides.