why did they extract it from a plant nobody has even heard of. whats wrong with extracting it from strawberries? i know it will take A LOT of them but they are widely available all over the world everywhere and are cheap in comparison to those most hard to find exotic plants. i just dont get it.
Well, knowledge is power... and understanding. If you research a bit, this plant is not just any old plant, it has been medicinally evaluated for various purposes. I'm just guessing, but it seems it is far more economical to use this plant for fisetin, rather than picking strawberries and extracting. Read the link and you'll see what potential this plant has.
"Phytochemical analysis of the C. coggygria methanol extract of the heartwood, performed by Valianou et al. (2009) indicated the presence of 3′,4′,6-trihydroxyaurone (sulfuretin), 3′,4′,7- trihydroxyflavonol (fisetin), 3′,4′,7-trihydroxyflavanol (fustin), 3′,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavonol (quercetin), 3′,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavanol (taxifolin), 4′,7-dihydroxyflavanol, 3′,4′,7- trihydroxyflavanone (butin), 4′,7-dihydroxyflavanone (liquiritigenin), trans-2′,3,4,4′- tetrahydroxychalcone (butein), 4′,5,7-trihydroxyflavanone, and trans-2′,4,4′-trihydroxychalcone (isoliquiritigenin)."
Cotinus coggygria Scop.: An overview of it Chemical Constituents, Pharmacological and Toxicological Potential