Chlorogenic acid is also called "green" auspicious acid, tannins "coffee", "coffee tannic acid", is a plant produce a styrene acrylic compounds through shikimic acid hitches in aerobic respiration process. It is obtained by the water needle crystal, and it is the hemihydrate, when 110 ℃ it is to hydrate.

Chlorogenic acid food sources

Chlorogenic acid and the related compounds cryptochlorogenic acid, and neochlorogenic acid have been found in the leaves of Hibiscus sabdariffa. Isomers of chlorogenic acid are found in potatoes. Chlorogenic acid is present in the flesh of eggplants, peaches, prunes and coffee beans.

Biological activity

Chlorogenic acid and its isomer different chlorogenic acid and green chlorogenic acid are in fruits of dicotyledonous plants, leaves, and other organizations,which is an important factor for plant metabolism. Chlorogenic acid has good biological activity, the transparent acid enzyme and inhibition of glucose-6-phosphatase, free radical lipid perxidation qing mutagenesis resistance and cardiovascular crown reinforcement, special efficacy in lipid-lowering, both anti-bacterial anti-virus, protecting liver cholagogic.

Benefits

Chlorogenic acid has broad antibacterial effect, advantageous bravery, hemostatic, increase white blood cell and antiviral effect, the effect of the blood clotting and bleeding time is shortened. It is used in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infection, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, cool blood heat dissipation. Used as pharmaceutical raw materials and intermediates. clearing heat and removing toxicity, cold wind heat, broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, having obvious inhibitory effect to hemolytic streptococcus, dysentery rod gas and salmonella typhi bacteria.

Side effects

Allergies to green coffee bean extract, the natural source of chlorogenic acid, have been reported. Symptoms were primarily asthma attacks. However, this does not seem to be due to the chlorogenic acid itself.