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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371723 | Therapeutic agents comprising pro-apoptotic proteins The present invention relates to targeted killing of a cell utilizing a chimeric polypeptide comprising a cell-specific targeting moiety and a signal transduction pathway factor. In a preferred embodiment, the signal transduction pathway factor is an apoptosis-induc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351435 | Deglycosylated ricin toxin a-chain vaccine The present invention relates to a vaccine comprising deglycosylated ricin toxin A-chain and method for making and using the composition. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7309773 | Process for preparation of flax protein isolate Flax protein isolates are obtained in a procedure in which flax oil seeds are initially extracted to remove mucilage therefrom prior to crushing to recover the oil and produce a meal. The flax protein meal then is processed to recover a flax protein isolate therefro... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288768 | Method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation A method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285635 | Modified proteins, designer toxins, and methods of making thereof The present invention concerns methods of reducing the antigenicity of a proteinaceous compound while maintaining the compounds biological activity, as well as proteinaceous compositions with biological activity but reduced antigenicity. These methods and compositio... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285297 | Method of reducing low density liproprotein cholesterol concentration The present invention is a composition comprising a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or and isoflavone selected from genistein, daidzein, glycitein, biochanin A, formononetein, and their naturally occurring glycosides, where the plant sterol comprises at ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244459 | Shock wave treatment of meat A system for treating meat by the application of a shock wave to the meat while the meat is in contact with a diaphragm which is substantially transparent to the shockwave, confines the meat within a tunnel. In addition, the diaphragm and shock wave generating chamb... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7211286 | Canola protein isolate functionality III A canola protein isolate having a protein of at least about 90 wt % (Nx 6.25) is employed as an at least partial replacement for at least one component providing functionality in a food composition. The canola protein isolate is a dried concentrated supernatant from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211288 | Canola protein isolate functionality III A canola protein isolate having a protein of at least about 90 wt % (Nx 6.25) is employed as an at least partial replacement for at least one component providing functionality in a food composition. The canola protein isolate is a dried concentrated supernatant from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193134 | Flax (L.) fatty acid desaturase The present invention is directed to promoters of flax conlinin and ω-3 desaturase genes. The promoters guide high levels of the expression exclusively in flax developing seeds. This specific expression pattern concomitant with the biosynthesis of storage lipids an... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186425 | Composition for diminishing neutral fat in blood The present invention provides a neutral fat reducing composition which reduces a blood neutral fat safely and efficiently, and whose active ingredient is a soybean protein containing 50% or more of a 7S globulin fractionated from a soybean protein and 0.2% or less ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7153932 | Immunotoxins comprising ribosome-inactivating proteins The present invention provides purified and isolated polynucleotides encoding Type I ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) and analogs of the RIPs having a cysteine available for disulfide bonding to targeting molecules. Vectors comprising the polynucleotides and ho... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7122216 | Vegetable oil extraction methods This invention relates to methods for treating oil bearing vegetable material, especially oilseeds. Methods of the invention provide for the isolation of certain components of oil bearing vegetable material, including isoflavones, vegetable oil, and a phosphatide fr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118776 | Phytase-treated acid stable soy protein products This invention is directed to an acidic beverage composition, comprising; (A) a hydrated protein material having a combination of an inositol-6-phosphate content, an inositol-5-phosphate content, an inositol-4-phosphate content and... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101977 | Therapeutic agents comprising pro-apoptotic proteins The present invention relates to targeted killing of a cell utilizing a chimeric polypeptide comprising a cell-specific targeting moiety and a signal transduction pathway factor. In a preferred embodiment, the signal transduction pathway factor is an apoptosis-induc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097874 | Process for debittering peanut hearts The present invention discloses methods for preparing a processed peanut product containing high levels of peanut hearts material, with the peanut heart material being substantially stripped of bitter taste so as to provide debittered peanut hearts of comparable tas... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097835 | Immunoselective targeting agents and methods of use thereof The present invention provides immunoselective targeting agents that bind to transporters that are transiently accessible on the surface of neuronal cells, and that deliver compounds selectively to such cells. The invention provides methods of selectively killing, a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090887 | Oilseed processing Crushed and de-fatted oilseed is extracted with water at neutral, mildly basic or mildly acidic pH; and is filtered. The filter media allows passage of small fragments of solid cell meat into the filtrate. The filtrate is treated with a base to increase pH to over p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091312 | Biocidal protein The invention relates to novel nucleic acid and protein sequences from the mung bean Vigna radiata. The nucleic acid sequence, isolated from a bruchid resistant mung bean line, encodes a thionin-like protein with insecticidal properties. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091001 | Process for the preparation of high arginine peptides A process of preparation of non-bitter high arginine peptide from groundnut, which has an arginine to lysine ratio of at least 5 and a yield of 17–20%. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087720 | Enhanced oil seed protein recovery An improved yield of oil seed protein isolate, preferably canola oil seed isolate, in an oil seed meal aqueous extraction procedure is obtained from oil seed meal which has been desolventized at a temperature of about 100° C. or less, preferably about 70° to 80° ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083957 | Modified proteins, designer toxins, and methods of making thereof The present invention concerns methods of reducing the antigenicity of a proteinaceous compound while maintaining the compounds biological activity, as well as proteinaceous compositions with biological activity but reduced antigenicity. These methods and compositio... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7067624 | Antimicrobial proteins A new family of antimicrobial proteins is described. Prototype proteins can be isolated from Macadamia integrifolia as well as other plant species. DNA encoding the protein is also described as well as DNA constructs which can be used to express the antimicro... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045164 | Soybean processing Methods are provided for forming soy germ concentrate in a soybean processing operation that produces soy bean oil and soybean meal. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025957 | Composition and method to whiten skin A composition which is effective as a skin whitening agent is disclosed. The composition includes Simmondsin. In certain embodiments, the composition comprises an extract of jojoba. A method of promoting skin whitening, comprising the step of topically administering... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018633 | Selective destruction of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus Compositions and methods for selectively killing a cell containing a viral protease are disclosed. The composition is a varient of a protein synthesis inactivating toxin wherein a viral protease cleavage site is interposed between the A and B chains. The variant of ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6998466 | Process for extracting flax protein concentrate from flax meal A process for extracting flax protein concentrate from flax meal is disclosed wherein flax meal is added to an aqueous acidic solution to form a first mixture having a solid fraction and an aqueous fraction containing water soluble-carbohydrates. The mixture is sepa... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992173 | Protein extraction from canola oil seed meal The recovery of protein from canola oil seed meal and other oil seed meals in the preparation of canola or other oil seed protein isolate is improved in comparison to conventional toasted meal by the use of a meal which has been air-desolventized at a temperature be... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6955831 | Protein and lipid sources for use in aquafeeds and animal feeds and a process for their preparation A process for preparation of nutritionally upgraded oilseed meals which are protein and lipid-rich and have a reduced fiber content, and plant oils from oilseeds for use in fish or other non-human animal diets or human foods comprising the steps of: providing a sour... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955913 | Unhydrolyzed jojoba protein products having high simmondsin concentration and methods of producing the same Unhydrolyzed and hydrolyzed jojoba protein having high simmondsin concentration are provided. These jojoba proteins may be in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing a mixture of amino acids, peptides and/or protein fractions derived from the extraction and hyd... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6936696 | Enhanced proteins and methods for their use The present invention generally relates to the field of plant genetics and protein biochemistry. More specifically, the present invention relates to modified proteins having an increased number of essential amino acids. The invention provides proteins modified to ha... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908637 | Process for debittering peanut hearts The present invention involves methods for preparing a processed peanut product containing high levels of peanut hearts material, with the peanut heart material being substantially stripped of bitter taste so as to provide debittered peanut hearts of comparable tast... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6800736 | Hydrolyzed jojoba protein Hydrolyzed jojoba protein is provided which can be used in a variety of cosmetic formulations to enhance the desirable properties thereof. The preferred hydrolyzed jojoba is in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing a mixture of amino acids, peptides and/or pr... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6774215 | Method of separating and producing a lipid rich-lipid/protein complex and native proteins from oil seeds A method of producing separated lipid-rich lipid/protein complex and native proteins from oil seeds, by adding a substance having the ability to aggregate lipids with proteins to a water extract of oil seeds, sedimenting or floating a lipid/protein complex having a ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6753312 | Food products and dietary supplements containing phenolated proteins and process for preparing the same Novel food, dietary supplement and nutraceutical products containing phenol/protein complexes derived from vegetable sources have high antioxidant activity and very high levels of protein. The products provide novel means for administering high levels of plant antio... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6716599 | Method of hydrolyzing defatted jojoba meal with protease enzymes Hydrolyzed jojoba protein is provided which can be used in a variety of cosmetic formulations to enhance the desirable properties thereof. The preferred hydrolyzed jojoba is in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing a mixture of amino acids, peptides and/or pr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6669956 | Tablets incorporating isoflavone plant extracts and methods of manufacturing them The invention is directed to novel tablets comprising isoflavone-containing plant extract and water-insoluble polysaccharides, and methods of manufacturing them.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6664232 | HLA-A2 restraint tumor antigen peptide originating in SART-1 An HLA-A2 restricted tumor antigen peptide originated fromr SART-1, derivatives thereof having characteristics functionally equivalent thereto; therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agents for tumors which utilize the tumor antigen peptide or its deriva... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6632925 | Biodegradable plant protein composites and related methods The present invention includes biodegradable plant protein composites.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630195 | Process for producing oilseed protein products A method for preparing the high protein product from oilseed-based material is described. The high protein product provided by the process can be utilized in a wide variety of applications, including the preparation of food products for human consumption.... | 10/07/2003 |
