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Research on bioactive substances in plant foods has shown that increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables is strongly associated with a decline in diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Chlorophyll is one of the natural biologically active substances. Metalloporphyrin, as a chlorophyll derivative, is the most unique of all natural pigments and has a wide range of uses.Because natural chlorophyll is easily decomposed by heat, light, acid, alkali, etc., and is insoluble in water, its application is limited. Therefore, the structure of natural chlorophyll was modified to become a stable metalloporphyrin structure. The application fields of metalloporphyrins continue to expand and attract much attention. Copper chlorophyll sodium salt is a kind of metalloporphyrin with high stability. Metalloporphyrin is widely used in food additives, cosmetic additives, colorants, pharmaceuticals, photoelectric conversion materials and other fields. Chlorophyll copper sodium salt is transformed from chlorophyll, and natural chlorophyll has two structures, which makes its copper sodium salt have more complex components and structures. In practice, only expressing copper sodium salt in molecular formula has its shortcomings compared with its wide application. Copper chlorophyll sodium salts have received special attention as metalloporphyrins.

For textiles

With the strengthening of people's awareness of environmental protection and the increasing attention to health, the negative effects of synthetic dyes used in textile dyeing on human health and ecological environment have attracted more and more attention. The use of non-polluting green natural dyes to dye textiles has become the research direction of many scholars. There are few natural dyes that can dye green, and copper chlorophyll sodium salt is a food-grade green color pigment and a natural chlorophyll derivative. The extracted chlorophyll can be subjected to saponification, copperization and other reactions and refined. It is a highly stable metalloporphyrin, dark green powder with a slight metallic luster.

For cosmetics

Can be added to cosmetics as a coloring agent. Chlorophyll copper sodium salt is dark green powder, odorless or slightly smelly. The aqueous solution is transparent emerald green, which deepens with the increase of concentration, and has good light resistance, heat resistance and good stability. The pH of 1% solution is 9.5~10.2. When the pH is below 6.5, it can cause precipitation when it encounters calcium. Slightly soluble in ethanol. It is easy to precipitate in acidic beverages. The light resistance is stronger than that of chlorophyll, and it decomposes when heated to above 110 °C. Due to its stability and low toxicity, copper chlorophyll sodium salt is widely used in the cosmetic industry.

Medical applications

Applied research in the medical field has bright prospects because it has no toxic side effects. A paste made from copper chlorophyll sodium salt can accelerate wound healing when treating wounds. It is used as an air freshener in daily life and clinical practice, especially in anti-cancer and anti-tumor research. It has been reported that various data on the effects of chlorophyll copper sodium salt on the human body are summarized in the form of detailed anti-tumor curves. The direct or indirect inhibition mechanism of chlorophyll on tumors mainly includes the following aspects:(1) complexation with planar aromatic carcinogens; (2) inhibition of carcinogen activity; (3) degradation of carcinogens; (4) free radical scavenging, antioxidant effects. Some researchers have studied the components that play a role in copper sodium salts, and the results are two with larger content, but they have not pointed out which structure plays the role. Since copper chlorophyll sodium salt has the effect of scavenging free radicals, the research considers adding it to cigarette filters to remove various free radicals in the smoke, thereby reducing the harm to the human body.