Paeonol has rich medicinal effects and has great market demand for downstream products.

Paeonol, also known as paeonol, is a natural phenolic compound extracted from peony and other plants. It usually appears as white needle-shaped crystals. Paeonol has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, sterilizing, and allergy-inhibiting effects. It can be used to treat pain and inflammation such as fever, headache, myalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as various eczema, dermatitis, and skin itching. , insect bites, redness and swelling, and other skin diseases, it also has a certain effect in preventing and treating allergic rhinitis and colds.

The main raw material of paeonol is the rhizome bark of the plant Xu Changqing of the family Ranunculaceae or the bark of peony and peony. The content of paeonol in paeonol is closely related to the harvest time. The amount of paeonol used to extract paeonol is harvested during the blooming period of the plant. During this period, the yield of paeonol is low, but the content of paeonol is sufficient. my country is rich in paeonol resources. The main producing areas are Anhui, Hunan and Sichuan provinces. In addition, paeonol resources are also distributed in Henan, Shandong, Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Tibet and other places. Sufficient raw materials have laid a good foundation for the development of the paeonol industry.

There are abundant downstream products of paeonol. Products on the market using paeonol as the main raw material include paeonol dripping pills, sodium paeonol sulfonate injection, paeonol ointment, etc. As the pace of life continues to accelerate, residents’ bad living habits have generally increased, stress index has increased, and the incidence of skin diseases has increased. Currently, the prevalence of skin diseases in my country is as high as 70%. Paeonol ointment, as a common over-the-counter topical skin ointment, has good antibacterial and antipruritic effects, and the market demand has increased significantly.

According to the “2023-2028 China Paeonol Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, In recent years, with the improvement of technology and in-depth research in the field of cosmetics, paeonol has been discovered to have the characteristics of inhibiting tyrosinase activity, antioxidant, and able to scavenge free radicals in the human body. It is widely used in whitening, skin care, anti-aging, etc. In cosmetics.

Paeonol production processes mainly include steam distillation, organic solvent extraction, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, etc. The steam distillation method is easy to operate, but the extraction efficiency is relatively low; the solvent extraction method has a simple extraction process and high efficiency, but requires heating during the extraction process, which easily causes the loss of the active ingredients of paeonol, and the organic solvent is easy to remain, causing waste liquid The pollution is relatively large, which puts environmental pressure on enterprises; the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction method has high extraction efficiency and is environmentally friendly, but the equipment cost is high. At present, the mainstream paeonol production process on the market is steam distillation. It is expected that with the promotion of technology in the future, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction will become the mainstream production process.

Industry analysts said that with the continuous advancement of medical technology and the improvement of residents’ health awareness, the market demand for paeonol will continue to grow in the future. The industry has broad prospects for development. At present, my country’s paeonol companies include Hubei Hongfuda Biology, Shaanxi Changxiang Pharmaceutical, Hubei Xingyin Chemical, Anhui Rongjing Fengdan Biology, etc. The market concentration is not high, and there is no leading company in the industry.