Yucca Extract Powder

Product Description

What is Yucca Extract？

Yucca, agave family yucca plant, through extraction, concentration, spray drying to obtain yucca extract, rich in yucca saponins, polyphenols, polysaccharides and other effective substances. It is a feed additive approved by the United States FDA as GRAS(Food safety certification), according to statistics, at present, 16% of the annual feed in the United States are contains yucca extract.

Yucca schidigera is an herbaceous plant of lily family, native to the deserts of the southwestern United State and northern Mexico. It contains two active compounds: at least 10.5% steroidal saponins and polyphenols. Saponins are similarly in structure to Glucocorticoids in animals.

Previously It was thought that the Yucca extract could bind ammonia and therefore reduce its emission from pets and other animals. However, ammonia concentrations in the gut are at least 100-fold greater than the concentrations of the yucca extract. Currently it is believed that the high circulating levels of Glucocorticoid in response to various oxidative stress including heat stress result in enhanced degradation of amino acids to generate ammonia and reduced protein synthesis in skeleton muscle.

Yucca Extract Active Ingredient:

Saponin: Inhibit the activity of urease in the body and improve the immune function of the animals.

Polysaccharides: Polysaccharides have a very strong affinity with ammonia, can combine with ammonia, inhibit the harm of ammonia, and convert ammonia into harmless of nitrogen compounds are utilized by the body.

Polyphenols: have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, and promote the conversion of ammonia into microbial proteins by microorganisms.

Yucca Extract Specification

Effects of Yucca Extract on Animals

• Improves the Breeding Environment

Yucca extract not only reduces the production of harmful gases such as ammonia and methane in animals, but also reduces the emission of elements such as nitrogen and phosphorus, thereby improving the livestock housing environment. Its specific mechanism of action is that yucca extract is a urease inhibitor, which not only inhibits the decomposition of urea into ammonia, but also promotes the conversion of ammonia into microbial protein by microorganisms, thus reducing the production of ammonia in feces and urine; it can directly adsorb or bind harmful gases such as ammonia in the environment, and by preventing the nitrification of nitrogen in feces and urine, nitrogen exists in inorganic form, thereby reducing the amount of ammonia released into the air.

• Regulates the Intestinal Environment

Yucca plant extract can promote the proliferation of beneficial bacteria, improve the intestinal environment, and facilitate the growth and development of intestinal villi; it can reduce the production of ammonia, stabilize the intestinal pH, and promote protein digestion and absorption, thus providing and maintaining a normal intestinal environment for animal growth. Furthermore, the saponins in yucca extract can increase the permeability of bacterial cell walls, facilitating the faster absorption and utilization of nutrients. In addition, yucca extract has a positive effect on inhibiting coccidia populations, improving animal health, and reducing mortality, and has been widely used to control coccidiosis in chickens.

• Improving Animal Growth Performance

Due to their unique chemical structure, the steroidal saponins in yucca extract have difficulty passing through digestive tract epithelial cells. However, they possess surface activity, altering the morphology of digestive tract epithelial cell membranes and reducing surface tension, thereby promoting nutrient absorption. Yucca extract also reduces ammonia concentration, decreasing intestinal tissue proliferation, slowing intestinal tissue renewal, reducing energy, protein, and oxygen consumption, and promoting nutrient deposition and digestion.

• Enhancing Immune Function

Yucca extract thickens the intestinal mucosa, improving animal health and preventing the invasion of certain viruses. It inhibits the absorption of digestive tract nutrients by viruses and harmful bacteria, suppressing their proliferation. It also reduces respiratory diseases by lowering ammonia concentration in livestock housing and lowers blood ammonia concentration, preventing neurological disorders caused by these diseases.

• Improving Livestock Product Quality

Creatine levels are positively correlated with meat quality. Insulin promotes protein synthesis and slows down urea synthesis. Adding yucca extract can increase serum creatine and insulin levels, thus improving meat quality. Furthermore, saponins can bind with cholesterol; adding Queraria saponins to homogenized milk can extract 73.4% of the cholesterol.

Applications of Yucca Extract

• Livestock Farming

In livestock farming, yucca extract primarily improves the farming environment by reducing the production of harmful gases such as ammonia. Ammonia is a harmful gas produced by the decomposition of animal feces and urine, which strongly irritates the animal’s respiratory tract and easily triggers respiratory diseases. The active ingredients in yucca extract can combine with ammonia in the intestines to form harmless substances that are excreted from the body, thereby reducing ammonia absorption and emission, effectively improving the farming environment, and lowering the incidence of respiratory diseases in animals. Furthermore, it can improve feed utilization, promote animal growth, and enhance animal immunity, bringing significant economic benefits to livestock farming.

• Aquaculture

Yucca extract also plays an important role in aquaculture. It can purify water quality and reduce the content of ammonia nitrogen and nitrite in the water. These two substances are common harmful substances in aquaculture and have a serious impact on the growth and reproduction of aquatic organisms. By adding yucca extract, a more suitable living environment can be created for aquatic organisms, thereby improving the yield and quality of aquaculture.

• Environmental Protection

In the environmental protection field, yucca extract is widely used in wastewater treatment. It can remove odors and some harmful substances from wastewater, such as hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol, which are the main causes of wastewater odor. By adding yucca extract, water quality can be effectively purified, the aquatic environment improved, and environmental protection efforts contributed.

• Pet Food

With the continuous expansion of the pet market, the quality and safety of pet food are receiving increasing attention. Yucca extract, due to its ability to reduce the odor of pet feces, is widely used in pet food. It can combine with ammonia in the pet’s intestines, reducing ammonia emissions and thus reducing the odor of pet feces, maintaining a clean and hygienic living environment for pets.

• Cosmetics

In the cosmetics field, yucca extract is highly favored for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It can soothe the skin, delay skin aging, and provide comprehensive protection for the skin. Many high-end skincare products incorporate yucca extract to meet consumers’ demand for high-quality skincare products.

Yucca Extract Powder High-quality Supplier And Manufacturer

Green Spring Bio is a professional supplier of plant extracts and active ingredients, dedicated to the research, development, production, and sales of plant active ingredients. With over 26 years of experience in supplying plant extracts, guaranteeing you a high quality product with competitive price, best service!! The company owns a cooperative factory covering over 1000 acres. Its products encompass over 1000 herbal extract, exported to 80% of countries and regions worldwide, serving over 1000 clients across various industries in more than 200 countries and regions,with annual exports exceeding 3000 tons.

We provide various dosage forms and neutral packaging including mixed powders, granules, soft capsules, hard capsules, tablets, soft candies, etc. to meet the different needs of customers.These active ingredients can be used in dietary supplements, cosmetics and personal care, health foods, functional foods and beverages,Animal and pet nutrition etc.

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