Plant Extracts unit facade - Botucatu , SP
Centroflora , Peter Martin Andersen . In the international market , despite pilocarpine — for pharmaceutical use — being the top export , 80 % of the exported volume is geared towards the nutraceutics segments , which showcase the Barbados cherry , guaraná berry , açaí berry , yerba mate and green coffee extracts .
At the national level , the company is considered mainstream . According to Andersen , some medicinal plants are responsible for the positive exposure . “ In Brazil , Centroflora takes the spotlight in the natural pharmaceutical API market , featuring Passiflora incarnata — a medicinal plant traditionally used as a sedative and sleep aid — as well Cordia verbenacea , a Brazilian medicinal plant utilized as an antiseptic healing agent and natural anti-inflammatory .”
The production plants are divided into the Drying , and Vegetable Extraction , units , both located in Botucatu , São Paulo state , and the Pharmacochemistry Unit , located in Parnaíba , Piauí state . The company
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