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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431841 | Method for the extraction of components made from organic material The invention relates to a method for the extraction of components made from organic material, comprising the step of extraction with a single-phase mixture of 50 to 90 vol. % methanol and 50 to 10 vol. % water and optionally 0 to 40 vol. % of a further solvent or s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7351424 | Enhanced purity trans-lutein-ester compositions and methods of making same The present invention relates a composition having a high content of xanthophyll esters, where the xanthophyll ester component of the composition is comprised of a high proportion of trans-lutein esters. The present invention also provides methods of making and usin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7214379 | Method for the purification of marigold oleoresin Marigold oleoresin having a low viscosity and a high lutein content which can be filled in soft capsules can be obtained according to the method of the present invention, which is characterized by combining a step of subjecting oleoresin to supercritical fluid extra... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7041328 | Acid oil-in-water emulsified composition Described is an acid oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising an oil phase having a diglycerides content of 30 wt. % or greater and a yolk, wherein a ratio of lysophospholipids to the whole phospholipids is at least 15% in terms of a phosphorus amount. The com... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6793951 | Solvent and method for extraction of triglyceride rich oil The present invention relates to a solvent for use in extracting oil from an oil bearing material, such as soybeans, with the solvent resulting in the selective extraction of a triglyceride rich oil, which contains 95% or greater triglycerides and non-polar constitu... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6780321 | Recovery of oil from spent bleached earth The invention discloses a process to recover oil from spent bleaching earth recovered from vegetable oil refining process. The process involve three sub-processes comprising of reacting the spent bleaching earth with a solvent selected from a group consisting of tol... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6737535 | Trans-lutein enriched xanthophyll ester concentrate and a process for its preparation A novel xanthophyll esters concentrate including a composition containing lutein and zeaxanthin fatty acid esters wherein the composition contains by weight 90-95% of trans-lutein esters, 0-5% of cis-lutein esters and 3.5 to 6% of zeaxanthin esters. More particularl... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6673952 | Method for extracting and fractionating fats with solvent, using at least a hydrofluroether The invention concerns a method for extracting and fractionating fats contained in a raw material, characterized in that it comprises at least a step which consists in using an extraction solvent consisting of at least a hydrofluoroether of general formul... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6623604 | Method of recovering free fatty acids having low ester content and high acid value Methods of recovering free fatty acids having a low ester content from alkanol-containing solutions and oil mixtures containing tocopherols are disclosed which involve atmospheric or vacuum stripping at low temperatures. The recovered fatty acids have a h... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6486335 | Process for the preparation of refined hard sugarcane wax having improved qualities from press mud The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of refined hard sugarcane wax having improved qualities from press mud which comprises digesting press mud with a non polar solvent in the presence of activated charcoal and separating the sug... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6450935 | Method for removing essential oils and antioxidants from extract products of lamiaceae species using rolled film evaporation An increase in specific antioxidant activity of extracts from rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) is obtained by the use of a blend of tetrafluoroethane and an organic solvent in the extraction process. A blend of tetrafluoroethane, acetone and methanol im... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6388110 | High oil corn processing A commercial-scale method for processing corn grain includes the steps of flaking corn grain having a total oil content of at least about 8% and extracting a corn oil from the flaked corn grain. Such a method can be effectuated by processing the high oil ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6313328 | Extraction of corn oil from flaked corn grain A commercial-scale method for processing corn grain includes the steps of flaking corn grain having a total oil content of at least about 8% and extracting a corn oil from the flaked corn grain. Such a method can be effectuated by processing the high oil ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6265593 | Process for solvent extraction of hydrophobic compounds A process is disclosed for extracting hydrophobic compounds from substantially fat-, oil-, and wax-free substance mixtures by using at least one non-polar extraction solvent in conjunction with at least one water-soluble organic solvent wherein the extrac... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6248910 | Process for extracting oil from oil-bearing naturally occurring organic materials A multi-stage extraction process for extracting oil from naturally occurring oil-bearing organic materials. The oil, which is extracted, is inherent in the organic material by nature and is extracted in two or more extraction stages with an effective solv... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6172246 | Process for extracting fatty components from cooked foods A multi-stage extraction process for extracting fats and oils from cooked food products. The cooked food products can be plant-derived or animal-derived food products, particularly fried snack food products, such as potato chips. The method comprises trea... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5516923 | Extracting oil from oil bearing plant parts The invention relates to a process for extracting oil from an oil bearing plant material with the use of a solvent suitable for dissolving the oil in the plant material. Grounded plant material is deposited into a reactor vessel, and vacuum is created in ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5466782 | Method for separating a compound containing glycolipids, lysophospholipids, sphingolipids and ceramides of plant origin A method for separating a composition containing glycolipids, lysopholipids, sphingolipids and ceramides of plant origin is described. A liquid alcohol is heated to a temperature of between 50° and 80° C., a plant composition or plant extract is introdu... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5336792 | Process for enrichment of fat with regard to polyunsaturated fatty acids and phospholipids, and application of such enriched fat To enrich fat with polyunsaturated fatty acids and phospholipids a presscake is formed of iced fjord herring containing polyunsaturated fatty acids and phospholipids. The presscake is dissolved in a fat dissolving polar alcohol; the solids are separated; ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5278325 | Vegetable oil extraction process A vegetable oil process and assembly is disclosed for extracting oil from an oil bearing material such as soybean, corn and the like. The process comprises adding at least one reagent to the oil bearing material to form a slurry mixture. The slurry is hea... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5147672 | Removal of lipid components from foodstuffs A process for the removal of sterols and/or lipid components (e.g., cholesterol and fats) from lipid containing food (e.g., meat) using sub or supercritical fluids (e.g., CO2) involves initial processing of the food to produce an intermediate m... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5112956 | Method for extraction of lipids and cholesterol The present invention relates to a method for the removal of lipids and cholesterol from protein materials comprising the steps of (a) treating the protein with an extraction mixture comprising a lower alcohol, water and an acid, in concentrations selecte... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5093045 | Biologically active lipids binding membrane receptors Neutral lipids are provided characterized by binding to phorboid and ingenoid receptors. These lipids are found in a wide variety of cellular sources as well as milk and may be isolated by specific extraction and chromatographic procedures. Depending upon... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5084215 | Process for purification of phospholipids A process for the separation and purification of individual phospholipids, especially phosphatidylcholine or lecithin and phosphatidylethanolaine, from mixtures containing members of the sub-class of phosphatides, incorporating methods of solvent extracti... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4980185 | Method for making meat products having a reduced saturated fat and cholesterol content A method for reducing the cholesterol content and saturated fat content of red meat and fowl is provided. The processing employs a heated unsaturated oil to solubilize the saturated fat and cholesterol of fragmented meat and then employs an aqueous fluid ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4927566 | Oil and fat release method Glycerol esters of fatty acids are obtained from ester-containing plant, animal and marine materials by adding water to the materials for dissociating and releasing the esters from the materials so that the esters may be absorbed by and recovered from an ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4898673 | Dynamic supercritical fluid extraction system Soluble materials are continuously extracted from solids using extracting solvents such as carbon dioxide by circulating a mixture of the solids in carbon dioxide at elevated pressure through a closed loop pipeline. A mixture of extracts dissolved in carb... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4857236 | Process for isolating phosphatidylcholine free of lysophosphatidylcholine from egg powder A process for isolating phosphatidylcholine free of lysophospholipid from egg powder wherein the egg powder is treated with a solvent mixture of a low boiling petroleum ether fraction (40° to 80° C.), a lower C1 -C4 -alkanol and wa... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4857329 | Process for extracting lipids from mortierella genus fungi Lipids containing gamma-linolenic acid are extracted from cells of Mortierella genus fungi by first grinding the cells in the presence or absence of a hot alcoholic solvent, and then extracting the alcohol-treated ground cells with a solvent in a supercri... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4810424 | Method for the recovery of 12-(S)-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid from the red alga murrayella periclados 12-(S)-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid is chemically extracted from the red alga Murrayella periclados. Fresh or frozen quantities of Murrayella periclados are first macerated and combined with a 2:1 mixture of chloroform and methanol. This results in an org... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4749522 | Supercritical fluid extraction of animal derived materials Supercritical fluids (SCF) are found to be useful in extracting desired materials from animal tissues, cells, and organs. By varying the choice of SCF, experimental conditions, and animal source material, one may obtain lipids, proteins, nucleotides, sacc... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4744926 | Mass transfer extraction of liquids from solids An extraction process comprises contacting a material to be extracted with an extracting fluid at elevated pressure within a defined space, and separating the extracting fluid and extract, as a mass, from the extracted material while reducing the volume o... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4675133 | Process for apparatus for the recovery of fats and oils A process is disclosed for recovering fats and oils from oil fruits and oil seeds, wherein the oil fruits and oil seeds are cleaned, immediately thereafter pressed cold in a screw press without prior mechanical conditioning, and then extracted. In this pr... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4615839 | Method of preparing fatty acid composition containing high concentration of eicosapentaenoic acid A fatty acid composition is produced by subjecting a lipid composition extracted from marine chlorella to solvent fractionation to remove neutral fats, chlorophyll, sterols and majority of phospholipids, thereby providing a polar lipid composition. The po... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4548755 | Process for the extractive production of valuable natural waxes Process for the extractive production of valuable, natural waxes from fossil and/or freshly grown vegetable and/or animal starting material by extraction of the starting material in an extraction stage with a physiologically unobjectionable gas at supercr... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4457869 | Oilseed extraction process A process for the extraction of oilseeds which comprises steps for extracting oil from oilseeds by contacting the seeds with an isopropanol-based solvent in an extractor to obtain an extract miscella of seedoils in solvent and a seed meal containing absor... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4435337 | Process for extracting rubber and by-products from guayule and guayule-like shrubs Rubber, hydrocarbons, i.e., resins, and other useful by-products are extracted, recovered and isolated from shrubs such as guayule and guayule-like shrubs by a procedure wherein the entire non-defoliated shrub, after being comminuted, is processed in an a... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4376853 | Processing of guayule material by volatilizing and heating steps This invention relates to methods of processing guayule plant material. More particularly, it relates to processing methods, including volatilization and heating steps, by which resinous material, extracts and resins from guayule plants are converted and ... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4331695 | Production of fats and oils from vegetable and animal products Fats or oils are extracted from animal or vegetable products by a process of contacting the product with a solvent in the liquid phase and at a temperature below the critical temperature of the solvent to extract fat or oil from the product, separating th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4280961 | Method of recovering and/or refining animal fats Fatty animal starting material is subjected to extraction using a gas at supercritical conditions. The extraction operation takes place in a static column without circulation. The gas used as a solvent in the extraction operation may be subsequently regen... | 07/28/1981 |
