BAKUMONDOU EXTRACT BG™

Ingredient can be added to quasi-drugs

New functional plant extract for skin moisturizer, with “urea” production enhancement ingredient

Bakumondou (herbal medicine name) is made by drying out the tuberous root of the mondo grass, a member of the Lily family. Mondo grass is an evergreen, perennial monocotyledonous plant that propagates by extending long roots underground. From a short rhizome, numerous narrow roots shoot out and there are spindle-shaped enlarged roots (storage roots). Bakumondou is made only from this storage root.

BAKUMONDOU EXTRACT BG™ is an extract from the tubular root of mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawler (Liliaceae)). It is extracted with a 30% 1,3-butylene glycol aqueous solution.

1. Features

  • Moisturizer based on a new concept
    BAKUMONDOU EXTRACT BG™ enhances the production of “urea,” a natural moisturizing factor, by epidermal cells. Along with supplying moisture from the outside, BAKUMONDOU EXTRACT BG™ enhances the skin’s ability to produce “urea” inside the skin. By doing so, it is expected to restore well hydrated and youthful skin from both the inside and outside.
  • Contains useful ingredients
    BAKUMONDOU EXTRACT BG™ contains steroid saponin (ophiopogonin), homoisoflavonoid (ophiopogonone), saccharides (sucrose, glucose, fructose), and polysaccharides.
  • Beneficial effects of BAKUMONDOU (as herbal medicine)
    Anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, hypotensive, anti-tumor, and anti-tussive effects
Herbal medicine: BAKUMONDOU, Storage root of mondo grass

2. Specification

Ingredient can be added to quasi-drugs
INCI Chinese INCI Content (%)
OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS ROOT EXTRACT 麦冬（OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS）根提取物 1.4
BUTYLENE GLYCOL 丁二醇 29.6
WATER 水 69.0

Product specifications

Test item Specification values
Appearance A light yellow to yellow liquid, with a faint characteristic odor
Identification (saccharides) A red precipitate develops.
pH 4.5～6.5
Purity test (1) Heavy metals 20 ppm or less
Purity test (2) Arsenic 2 ppm or less
Evaporation residue 0.8〜2.0 w/v%

3. Functionality

Activation of arginase in epidermal cells

4. Technical data

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