What is an extract and why is it more effective?
The extract is a concentrated product obtained from natural raw materials, which have been distinguished by bioactive components that have certain properties.
Mushroom extracts have advantages over ordinary dried mushrooms
Higher concentration of active substances: Mushroom extracts contain significantly more active components (polysaccharides, beta-glucans, triterpenes and others) than in ordinary dried mushrooms. This allows you to get a stronger effect at a lower dose.
Better bioavailability: Active substances in extracts are often more easily absorbed by the body. They are pre-processed (for example, through fermentation or heat treatment), which contributes to better absorption of useful components.
Convenience: extracts are already available in capsule, powder or liquid, which is much more convenient for consumption than the preparation and consumption of dried mushrooms.
Quality and stability control: Mushroom extracts are traditionally standardized, which means a constant content of active substances in the skin dose. This allows you to control the dosage and effectiveness of the product.
Minimize unwanted substances: The extraction process removes unwanted or hard-to-digest components from mushrooms, such as chitin, which can facilitate absorption and reduce the burden on the digestive system.
The process of extraction of fungi consists of several basic stages that secrete active substances and increase their concentration, concentrate active compounds and biologically active components of the fungus in an effective dosage to achieve the desired result and are more balanced than conventional dried fungi.
The extraction process is long enough and includes
1. Preparation of raw materials
Drying: first fresh mushrooms are dried at a certain temperature to preserve the active substances.
Grinding: dried mushrooms are ground to a powdered state to facilitate the next stages of extraction.
2. Extraction
Aqueous extraction: Crushed mushrooms are placed in hot water. This method allows the extraction of water-soluble components such as polysaccharides (eg beta-glucans). The water is heated to a certain temperature (usually 70-100°C), which helps dissolve the active substances. Then the solution
Alcohol extraction: if it is necessary to isolate substances that do not dissolve in water (for example, triterpenes or other lipophilic components), alcohol extraction is used. Mushroom powder is soaked in alcohol, which allows you to extract fat-soluble components.
Double extraction (combined): combine both methods - first aqueous, then alcohol extraction or vice versa. This allows you to pull out a maximum of active substances.
3.Filtration
After extraction, the solution is filtered to remove the remaining fungal material, leaving only the active substances in the liquid.
4. Concentration
The resulting extraction liquid can be thickened by evaporating excess moisture to increase the concentration of active substances.
5. Dry or stabilization
Spray-drying or lyophilization: The liquid extract is turned into a powder using spray-drying or lyophilization (freezing followed by evaporation of moisture in a vacuum). This step helps to obtain a dry concentrate that is convenient for transportation and long-term storage.
6. Standardization
At this stage, the extract is standardized to provide a constant amount of active substances in each batch. This is important for quality control and efficiency.
7. Packaging
The finished extract is packaged in capsules, powder or other forms for consumption.
This process allows you to obtain concentrated forms of mushrooms with a high content of nutrients suitable for convenient use, to separate the components from each other, and then to combine them in precisely selected proportions for the best results.
Extraction is carried out in laboratory conditions and on specialized expensive equipment, and the amount of raw materials needed to obtain the extract is usually 10:1, that is, 1000 g of dry product is needed to obtain 100 g of extract. Therefore, it is quite logical that the cost of the extract is higher than dried mushrooms
You can also buy them in our store.
1.Flies Fruit
2.Toadstool capsules
3.Fly agaric extract
4.The fly agaric
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