In addition to its widely studied effects, naringin exhibits the following potential application values in several fields:
In the field of medicine:
Antibacterial drugs: naringin has certain antibacterial activity, which can inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria. Adding naringin as an auxiliary ingredient in some antibacterial drugs can enhance the antibacterial effect and reduce bacterial resistance to the drugs.
Anti-inflammatory drugs: Naringin has obvious anti-inflammatory effects, can reduce inflammatory reactions and alleviate the symptoms of inflammation-related diseases, added in anti-inflammatory drugs can enhance its anti-inflammatory effect, through the regulation of the inflammatory signaling pathway, inhibit the release of inflammatory factors, to reduce inflammation-induced pain and discomfort.
Anti-tumor drugs: Naringin is widely used in the research and development of anti-tumor drugs, with the effect of inhibiting the growth and proliferation of tumor cells, can be used as an auxiliary ingredient of anti-tumor drugs, interfere with the metabolic process of tumor cells, inducing apoptosis, and enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs.
Cardiovascular drugs: Naringin can be added into cardiovascular drugs for regulating the function of cardiovascular system, with the effect of lowering cholesterol, antiplatelet aggregation and vasodilatation, which can help prevent the occurrence and development of cardiovascular diseases, enhance the efficacy of the drugs, and provide better cardiovascular protection.
Oral care products: naringin added to toothpaste, the results of pharmacological tests show that the new toothpaste containing the natural plant active ingredient naringin has a better anti-inflammatory, hemostatic effect, the acute toxicity test also shows that naringin is safe, while naringin in the stability of toothpaste research shows that naringin as an efficacious ingredient added to toothpaste the quality of the toothpaste is stable and controllable.
In food industry:
Natural antioxidant and preservative: Naringin can be widely used in food science as a natural antioxidant, which can improve the brightness and yellowness of meat, and has a positive effect on the preservation and prolongation of the shelf life of meat. For example, naringin is chosen as a natural antioxidant for pork, taking into account the globulin precipitation reaction and the sensory index of freshness, 5g/kg of naringin is more effective as a natural antioxidant and preservative for animal meat such as pork.
Food additives: Naringin has a certain bitter taste and can be used as a bittering agent in some foods, while it can also be used as a natural coloring and flavor modifier in the production of food and beverage. In addition, naringin can be oxidized under alkaline conditions to obtain dihydrochalcone sweetener, the sweetness of which is 1000 times that of sucrose; naringin acts with isovanillin to obtain neohesperidin, which is 950 times sweeter than dihydrochalcone, and it is a new-generation sweetener of non-toxic, low-energy, and high sweetness, so naringin can be used as a synthesis of high sweetness, non-toxic, and low energy new sweetener, dihydronaringenin. Therefore, naringin can be used as raw material for synthesizing high sweetness, non-toxic, low energy new sweetener dihydronaringenin and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone.
In the field of chemical industry:
Preparation of biomedical chemical intermediates: naringin can be hydrolyzed into a variety of important biomedical chemical intermediates, such as naringenin, rhamnose, glucose and so on, these intermediates have an important role in the synthesis of drugs, cosmetics production and other fields.
Preparation of new materials: naringin as a template molecule, chitosan as a membrane material, through the crosslinking of sulfuric acid in the aqueous phase can be prepared in the aqueous phase recognition of naringin molecularly imprinted chitosan membrane.
In the textile industry:
Giving textiles special properties: naringin is not widely used in the textile industry, but studies have shown that it has the potential and antistatic properties, through the modification of the treatment, naringin can be given to the textile these special properties.