Major Benefits /

Here are the benefits that our product offer

Antioxidant Activities

Antioxidants act to counter oxygen radicals which have been linked to a long list of life threatening diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and degenerative diseases suggesting potential health benefits. (1,2).

Potential Replacement for Synthetic Antioxidants as a Preservative

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydorxytoluene (BHT) have been widely used in food application despite their suspected carcinogenic effect. (3,4) Sugarcane extract is a potential replacement for these compounds.

Cosmetic Applications

Compounds in the extract exhibit Tyrosinase inhibitory activities and play an important part in the cosmetic industry as they are incorporated in skin whitening creams. (5)

Literature Cited:

(1) Chung, Y. M., Wang, H. C., et al., Antioxidant and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Constituents from a Desugared Sugar Cane Extract, a By-Product of Sugar Production. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, American Chemical Society Publication, USA, 2011, 59, 9219 – 9225.

(2) Stohs, S. J., Bagchi, D. Oxidative Mechanisms in the Toxicity of Metal Ions. Free Radical Biol. Med. 1995, 18, 321 – 336.

(3) Whysner, J., Wang, C. X., et al., Dose Response of Promotion of Butylated Hydroxyanisole in Chemically Initiated Tumors of the Rat Forestomach. Food Chem. Toxicol. 1994, 32, 215 – 222.

(4) Williams, G. M., Latropoulos, M. J. et al., Safety Assessment of Butylated Hydroxyanisole and Butylated Hydroxytoluene as Antioxidant Food Additives. Food Chem. Toxicol. 1999, 37, 1027 - 1038.

(5) Kobayashi, T., Vieira W. D., et al., Modulation of Melanogenic Protein Expression During the Switch from Eu to Pheomelanogenesis. J. Cell Sci. 1995, 108, 2301 – 2309.

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