Sesame nutrients mainly fat, protein, carbohydrates, and rich in dietary fiber, vitamin B complex, E and magnesium, potassium, zinc, and a variety of trace minerals.
According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", sesame sweet nature, belongs to nourish strong drugs, there are soothing, blood, eyesight, blood tonic, moistening Hua Chang, Sheng Jin role. Can reduce blood sugar, increase liver and muscle glycogen content, but also can reduce blood cholesterol levels. Due to lack of suitable liver caused by hair loss, dry skin, constipation, weak after the illness, dizziness embolism in the elderly eat. Sesame or treatment of hair loss, hemorrhoids ingredients, often eat sesame make the hair black. "Herbal truth", said: After frying sesame seeds, ground Serve sesame; sesame oil, sesame oil extraction is the "flax blood, warm the spleen, where the hair is not black anti-hunger to vote..."
Sesamin: Synonyms: Zhi Ma Su, sesame lignans, sesame Ming Min efficiency.
Plant Source: Araliaceae sessile five plus [Acanthopanax sessiliflorus (Rupr et Maxim..) Seem.] Roots, Zhi Ma Zhi Ma Sesamum indicum L. plants seeds, flax plants Sesamum indicum DC sesame seed oil. , Scrophulariaceae Paulownia tomentosa Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. Kibe and other plants.
Physical properties: d- type, needle-like crystals (ethanol), m.p. 122 ~ 123 ℃, optical rotation [α] D20 + 64.5 ° (c = 1.75, chloroform dl- type crystals (ethanol), m.p. 125 ~ 126 ℃. Soluble in chloroform, benzene, acetic acid, acetone, ether-soluble, petroleum ether. Almost insoluble in water, an alkaline solution and hydrochloric acid.
Preparation: sesame special ingredients (about 0.25% Can be extracted from sesame oil. Easily soluble in kerosene, must first dissolved in acetone, then add kerosene. For pure knot-like crystals. Chemically synthesized products.
ACTION: sesamin influenza virus, Sendai virus and tuberculosis are inhibited. Used as a synergist pyrethrins on agriculture. Clinical observation of bronchitis have a certain effect. For anti-viral, fungicides, antioxidants, insecticide synergists, treatment of bronchitis.
Note: natural sesamin is right-handed.