The main nutrients of mulberry are water, sugar, crude protein, ash, crude fiber, free acid, soluble nitrogen-free substances, etc. In addition, mulberry contains essential amino acids and easily absorbed polysaccharides, rich in vitamins, red pigments and minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, which are lacking in the human body, and has the ability to enhance immunity, promote the growth of hematopoietic cells, promote metabolism It is rich in nutritional value and has certain pharmacological value.

Healthcare value

Mulberry into medicine, first contained in the Tang Dynasty's "Tang Materia Medica". Chinese medicine believes that the mulberry taste sweet and cold, into the heart, liver, kidney meridian, have nourishing yin and tonifying blood, and can cure yin deficiency, insomnia and so on. According to many classical Chinese medical literature, it is beneficial to the joints of the five organs, through the blood, tranquilizing the soul and calming the spirit, lowering blood pressure and thirst, making the eyes bright, becoming white and ageless, and resolving the effects of alcohol poisoning. Modern medicine clinically proven: mulberry has a very good nourishing heart, liver, kidney, and nourish blood to dispel the wind effect. To lower fat and reduce neurasthenia, arteriosclerosis, sexual weakness, deafness and blurred vision, premature whitening of hair, internal heat and thirst, blood constipation, rheumatism and joint pain have significant therapeutic effects. The United States John Pei Zhu To lead the experiments of the research group found that the mulberry tree contains anti-tumor substances resveratrol, anti-cancer effect. Pharmacological studies have shown that: mulberry into the stomach can supplement the lack of gastric juice, promote digestion of gastric juice, into the intestine can promote intestinal fluid secretion, enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, and thus have the function of tonic and strong [3] .

Pharmacological effects Voice

1) antioxidant effect: mulberry polysaccharide contained in the mulberry has a scavenging effect on hydroxyl radicals and superoxide negative ion radicals, blocking the free radical reaction chain, with a certain antioxidant and anti-aging effect, mulberry extracts have a rich content of phenolic substances and pigments, which can significantly increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes, with the delay of the aging process of memory It has the function of delaying memory decline in the aging process.

2) Hypoglycemic effect: Mulberry polysaccharide has obvious hypoglycemic effect, basically can make the blood sugar to maintain in the normal range.

3) Anti-aging effect: mulberry anthocyanins can enhance the activity of antioxidant enzymes in the body, inhibit lipid peroxidation reaction, with obvious anti-aging effect.