Characteristics and Trend Analysis of Plant Extract Industry Development

Plant extracts are products that use plants as raw materials and undergo physical and chemical extraction and separation processes to obtain and concentrate one or more active ingredients in plants without changing the plant structure. Plant extracts can be divided into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc. according to the different ingredients; according to the nature of the products, they can be divided into vegetable oils, extracts, Powder, lens, etc.

Characteristics and Trend Analysis of Plant Extract Industry Development

    Analysis on the Development Characteristics and Trends of Plant Extract Industry

    Plant extracts are abundant and diverse. At present, there are more than 300 kinds of plant extracts extracted industrially. They are a very important intermediate product, which is widely used in industries such as pharmaceutical raw materials, health products, nutritional supplements, food additives, and cosmetics.

    (2) Development of plant extract industry

    Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in China. Since ancient times, medical personnel have attached great importance to the analysis of plant properties and traits. In the 1970s, some domestic pharmaceutical factories began to use mechanical equipment to extract plant ingredients, but this was only a production link in pharmaceutical production and did not develop into an independent industry. After the mid-1990s, with the deepening of opening up to the outside world, foreign trade began to flourish, and the plant extract industry, which was less restricted by policies, began to develop.

    Since entering the 21st century, the plant extract industry has entered a golden period of development. On the one hand, the improvement of people’s living standards and the enhancement of health awareness have driven people’s strong demand for plant extract products; on the other hand, it has benefited from more advanced plant extraction technologies (such as enzyme extraction, ultrasonic extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction). The application of extraction, microwave extraction, membrane separation technology, etc.) greatly improves production efficiency.

    2. Upstream and downstream analysis of plant extract industry

    The object of plant extraction is plant resources. The upstream industry is mainly planting industry; the downstream industry is pharmaceutical industry, health care product industry, food additive industry, cosmetics industry and other industries. Upstream of the industry. China has a vast territory, with a longitude of more than 60 degrees and a vertical degree of 49 degrees. The climate is diverse and the altitude is also different. Plant resources are rich and diverse, and there are more than 300 plants that can be used for industrial extraction. The income of cash crops is usually higher than that of food crops, which is conducive to increasing farmers' income and promoting the upgrading of the agricultural industry. In recent years, the government has given great support in taxation, finance, and land. In this context, my country's planting industry is developing well.

    Downstream of industry. With the improvement of living standards and the popularization of health knowledge, consumers' demand for natural and healthy plant extracts continues to expand.