Description:

Morus alba, known as mulberry extract, is a short-lived, fast-growing, small to medium sized mulberry tree, which grows to 10–20 m tall. Mulberry leaf has a substance called 1-deoxynojirimycin that inhibits an enzyme in the intestinal tract (alpha-glucosidase)involved in the digestion of carbohydrates. Anthocyanidins contribute to the red or dark purple color of mulberry fruits extract.1-Deoxynojirimycin(DNJ) is a kind of alkaloid present in Mulberry leaves and root bark. DNJ is naturally occurs in in other plants and microbes. We extract the DNJ from leaf of Morus alba L.Research shows that when DNJ entered the body, it can inhibit the decomposition of starch and sugar by sucrase, maltase, α-glucosidase, α-amylase enzyme, thus blocking the body's absorption of sugar, and inhibit the increase of glucose without diet change. In addition, DNJ can inhibit the glucose modification process of HIV membrane glycoprotein. Meanwhile, the accumulation of immature glycoproteins may inhibit the cell fusion and the binding between virus and host cell receptor, and the formation of cell body harmony to inhibit the the replication of MoLV so as to inhibit the viral activity.