Luo han Guo Extract

The flavonoid hesperidin is a flavanone glycoside (glucoside) comprised of the flavanone (a class of flavonoids) hesperitin and the disaccharide rutinose. Flavonoids are a type of polyphenol, which are antioxidants found in plants and are essential to human health.

Besides its antioxidant properties, hesperidin can also be used as an anti-inflamrnatory，anti-allergic, hypolipidemic, vasoprotective, and anti carcinogenic compound. It seems to reduce the symptoms of allergies and hay fever by inhibiting histamine production in the blood Hesperidin, in combination with a flavone glycoside called diosmin, is used for the treatment of venous insufficiency and hemorrhoids.