FLAVONOIDS

Diosmins and their antioxidant properties

Apart from its well-known antioxidant properties, Diosmin is also widely known for its cardio-tonic properties since it exerts a tonic effect on the heart, enhancing the cardiac muscles thus improving circulation.

They are used as a treatment against capillary fragility since they have the ability to strengthen the capillary wall, improves its resistance and prevent its breakage. As a result of its anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antithrombotic properties, favors circulation in the blood vessels and also prevent the formation of thrombi (blood clots).

Benefits and properties of Neohesperidine

Neohesperidine is a very low calorie sweetener.

The Neohesperidine that Bordas manufactures and sell comes from natural flavonoids found in bitter oranges.

This sweetener from practical use level, is 400 to 600 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). It’s 1500 to 1800 times sweeter than sucrose.

It is a stable substance in solid form, in acidic aqueous solutions and since it’s resistant to heat, it’s used in foodstuffs that goes via UHT or pasteurization processes.

Neohesperidine, a powerful sweetener

It is often used as a sweetener usually in combination with other sweeteners, obtaining synergistic effects. Also used in most cases to improve the taste and perception of our body to certain foods, acting as a flavor enhancer, reduces bitter flavors. It is used in candies, chewing gum, yoghurt, beverages, desserts, ice creams, toothpastes, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and dietetic products.

Extracted from the bitter orange of seville

The Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex is a natural extract obtained from the bitter orange of Seville.

It is a 100% natural product, soluble in water and propylene glycol, propylene glycol with 70% sorbitol, in DMSO and in hydro-alcoholic solutions.

The main properties of Citrus Bioflavonoids complex are due to its high flavonoids and phenolic glycosides content.

A mixture of all of them gives the Citrus bioflavonoid Complex a special characteristic that makes it very useful for its application in the food industry.

Citrus bioflavonoid as a nutritional supplement

The Citrus bioflavonoids we produce at Bordas are generally used in food, such as:

• Natural Sour Agent
• Flavoring Agent
• Bitter taste enhancer.

It is also used in dietary supplements.

In the pharmaceutics milieu, due to its high flavonoids content, it has many applications such as circulatory disorders and capillary fragility.

It is also applicable as a cardiovascular enhancer as:

• Antioxidant for gastrointestinal disorders
• As an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agent.

In cosmetics it is used as a photo-protector due to its protective action of the tissues.

The narangin special flavor

The Naringin is a flavonoid, a glycosidic flavone extracted from the crust of citrus and also present in the pulp and juice of citrus fruits.

Narangin, taste and health

It is used to give flavor to candy, beverages and bakery products.

It is also used in animal feed, to give palativity to feed.

Naringin helps improve lipid profile, reducing LDL cholesterol and triacylglycerol levels by increasing HDL cholesterol levels and thus protecting the onset of atherosclerosis. It has similar properties to that of insulin, such as reducing lipids.