What is Yucca Extract ?

Yucca Extract has the ability to directly bind ammonia. Buggle et al. reported that the macromolecules and sequence molecules in the yucca extract have the ability to adsorb ammonia. The polyphenols and ammonia molecules in the composition also have a strong binding ability to reduce ammonia emissions. Yucca extract can promote microbial utilization of intestinal ammonia to form microbial protein, and the nitrogen compound formed by the combination of polysaccharide and ammonia can also be fully utilized by intestinal microbes, thereby reducing the mass concentration of ammonia and improving the utilization of nitrogen in feed. Yucca extract can also prevent the nitrification of nitrogen in feces and urine, so that nitrogen exists in the form of inorganic matter, thereby reducing the amount of ammonia emitted into the atmosphere.

The saponins in the yucca extract can change the structure of intestinal villi and the thickness of the mucosa, increase the nutrient absorption area, and combine with the cholesterol on the intestinal epithelial cell membrane to form a complex, remove it, and increase the permeability of intestinal mucosal cells , Reduce the surface tension of the film. Saponins can also combine with compounds with similar structures on the surface of bacteria to increase the permeability of bacterial cell walls and cell membranes, increase the secretion of exogenous enzymes and degrade macromolecules around the bacteria, and make nutrient absorption faster. In addition, yucca saponin affects the phagocytosis of bacteria by the protozoa through its inhibitory effect on the intestinal protozoa, which increases the number of fiber-decomposing bacteria in the intestinal tract, which is more helpful for the fermentation and degradation of cellulose in the back section of the digestive tract.

Yucca extract can lower blood sugar and cholesterol content, and has the effect of anti-oxidative stress. Fidan et al. used diabetic mice as test subjects and found that yucca powder can reduce the blood sugar level of diabetic mice, blood cholesterol and triacylglycerol also significantly decreased, and also reduced monocyte DNA damage. Cigerci and other research results show that the components in yucca can reduce the hemoglobin, the content of malondialdehyde in the blood and tissues and the content of nitric oxide in the tissues, increase the content of glutathione in the blood and tissues, and increase the antioxidant capacity of poisoned mice. Ability to fully protect the body from oxidative damage and complications caused by nitrite poisoning.