Lemongrass, also known as citronella, is extracted from its stems and leaves to make perfume, soap, and edible. Its tender stems and leaves are used as the raw materials for making curry flavoring, and have the effect of clearing the channels and expelling wind.
【Functional Characteristics 】Lemongrass is rich in volatile oil components such as citral, citronellol, dipentene, limonene, and laurene. Lemongrass essential oil has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli; Has a certain inhibitory effect on tyrosinase and can be used for freckle removal; And among them, citral has good free radical scavenging ability and certain antioxidant effects.
【Application direction】Antioxidant, freckle removing, antibacterial cosmetics
