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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7696396 | Method for extraction and concentration of carotenoids using supercritical fluids Carotenoids are extracted and/or enriched from a mixture containing such compounds. The extraction/enrichment process involves the use of liquefied or supercritical solvents to extract lipids and carotenoids from carotenoid-containing substrates. The extraction proc... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7521584 | Carotenoid analogs or derivatives for the inhibition and amelioration of disease A method for inhibiting and/or ameliorating the occurrence of diseases associated with reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, radicals and/or non-radicals in a subject whereby a subject is administered a carotenoid analog or derivative, either alone or ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7435861 | Methods for synthesis of carotenoids, including analogs, derivatives, and synthetic and biological intermediates A method for synthesizing intermediates for use in the synthesis of carotenoid synthetic intermediates, carotenoid analogs, and/or carotenoid derivatives. The carotenoid analog, derivative, or intermediate may be administered to a subject for the inhibition and/or a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7329789 | Method for extraction and concentration of carotenoids using supercritical fluids Carotenoids are extracted and/or enriched from a mixture containing such compounds. The extraction/enrichment process involves the use of liquefied or supercritical solvents to extract lipids and carotenoids from carotenoid-containing substrates. The extraction proc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7270823 | Environmentally safe agricultural supplement A substantially microbe-free composition containing plant growth regulators is produced by culturing a fungal spawn on high carbohydrate medium under suitable conditions. The culture filtrate is sterilized, formulated, and used to enhance plant growth. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7224532 | Optical uses diamondoid-containing materials Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192731 | Methods for efficient extraction of carotenoids using an esterase A method of increasing a fraction of free carotenoids in a source of carotenoids in which at least some of the carotenoids are fatty acid esterified carotenoids is disclosed. The method is effected by contacting the source of carotenoids with an effective amount of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166315 | Tomato fiber composition, uses thereof and process for its preparation The present invention provides a composition comprising dietary fibers with high water holding capacity (WHC) wherein said composition is obtained from tomato pulp which is substantially free of see, peels, carotenoids and lipids and exhibits WHC, in weight ratio, i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161055 | Method of extracting and isolating minor components from vegetable oil A process for the separation and recovery of minor components from vegetable oil such as palm oil. Esterified palm oil is subjected to molecular distillation giving a concentrate rich in minor components. The concentrate is then adsorbed to adsorbents such as normal... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145048 | Process for producing adamantane or analogue The invention relates to a method of selectively producing adamantanes in a production apparatus made of an inexpensive material, not having any negative influence on the natural environment. The method for producing adamantanes includes isomerizing a tricyclic satu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141712 | Recovery of palm phytonutrients A process for the recovery of phytonutrients such as carotenes, phospholipids and ubiquinones from palm oil esters is disclosed. This process comprises the steps of vacuum distillation, treatment and purification of concentrate containing these phytonutrients. The a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7126036 | Thermal isomerization of lycopene The present invention relates to a process for the thermal isomerization of a mixture of all-E-lycopene and its Z isomers of any composition to increase the proportion of all-E, wherein the isomerization takes place in a polar solvent in which lycopene is only sligh... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7015014 | Isolation of carotenoid crystals The present invention relates to a crystalline carotenoid compound, such as β-carotene, with a purity of at least 95% and with substantially no solvent enclosed in the crystal lattice. The present invention further describes a process to prepare such a highly pure ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6909021 | Method of extracting lutein from green plant materials The present invention provides a method for extracting carotenoids from green plant materials using supercritical fluid extraction. A first and second supercritical fluid extraction is performed on the green plant composition at two different pressures to obtain two... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6872556 | Isoprenoid production The present invention relates to an isolated DNA sequence encoding an enzyme (e.g., farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase) in the pathway from isopentenyl pyrophosphate to farnesyl pyrophosphate. Vectors and plasmids including such DNA are also set forth. The invention al... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6812001 | Isolation of carotenoid crystals from microbial biomass A process for the isolation of crystalline carotenoid compound from microbial biomass comprising disrupting the microbial cell walls, separating cellular debris from the carotenoid-containing residue, washing one member of the group consisting of the microbial bioma... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805800 | Method for recovering pigments from algal cultures A method and apparatus (101) for the recovery of fat soluble compounds, such as beta carotene, is described. In one embodiment of the invention a solution (102) containing a fat soluble compound is passed through a fluidised bed (104) of crystal... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6737552 | Method for extracting lutein from green plant materials The present invention provides a method for extracting carotenoids from green plant materials using supercritical fluid extraction. A first and second supercritical fluid extraction is performed on the green plant composition at two different pressures to obtain two... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6407306 | Process for extracting carotenes from carotene-containing materials A process is described for extracting carotenes from carotene-containing materials, in particular from fats and oils of biological origin, which provides for extraction of carotene-containing material with an extractant comprising at least one member sele... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6355841 | Process for producing ଲ-carotene There are disclosed a process for producing a sulfon derivative of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein Ar represents an aryl group which may be substituted, R represents a lower alkyl group and the wavy line depicted by ##STR2## indicates a single bond and ste... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6309677 | Multi-carotenoid product A composition is provided that includes carotenoid extracts derived from a plurality of natural sources. Carotenoids are extracted from natural sources such as palm fruit, algae and marigold flowers and combined in a single product. The product may includ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6297416 | Process for making ଲ-carotene A process for preparing ଲ-carotene, represented by Formula 3 ##STR1## staring from a sulfone compound of Formula B ##STR2##... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6277417 | Method of inhibiting 5-reductase with astaxanthin A method for inhibiting the activity of the enzyme 5-reductase in a human subject is provided which comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising the carotenoid astaxanthin. Administration of the composition to inhibit the enzyme ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6271396 | Use of organosulfur compounds for effecting a bathocromic shift in the UV/vis absorption bands of carotenoids Organosulfur compounds can be used in complexes with carotenoids for effecting a bathochromic shift in the absorption bands of carotenoids in the UV/vis spectrum. Carotenoid formulations comprising these complexes, a process for preparing these formulatio... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6072092 | Recovery of carotenes A process for the recovery of carotenes and the production of carotene concentrate from natural oils and fats. The carotene-containing natural oils and fats is subjected to alcoholic esterification to form a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters, carotenes, ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6057484 | Method of obtaining a composition containing 9-cis ଲ-carotene in high-purity There are disclosed a composition containing 9-cis ଲ-carotene in high-purity and an industrially applicable method of obtaining the same from an alga. The composition can be obtained through steps of washing with ethanol dry powder of the alga belon... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5977073 | Nutrient composition for treatment of immune disorders A composition and method for its use in treatment of an immune disorder in a mammal. The composition includes, in relative amounts, between 50 and 3000 mg of a purified compound selected from oxidized and unoxidized gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine, ga... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969203 | Process for the production of high purity isobutene combining reactive distillation with hydroisomerization, distillation and skeletal isomerization The invention relates to a process for producing high purity isobutene from a hydrocarbon cut essentially comprising olefinic hydrocarbons containing 4 carbon atoms per molecule including isobutene, also butene-1 and butene-2 compounds in a ratio which su... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5962756 | Natural carotenoid concentrates from plant material and a process for preparing the same Chromoplasts and/or chloroplasts are isolated from plant material. This wet mass is digested in aqueous medium with pectin- and/or protein-cleaving enzymes, insoluble substances are removed, and a carotinoid-rich sediment is obtained after acidifying the ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5849345 | Carotenoid ketones and esters New carotenoids of the formula ##STR1## wherein R and n have the significances given herein, are useful for pigmenting the egg yolk, integuments and/or subcutaneous fat of poultry and the meat and/or integuments of fish and crustacea when included in... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5811609 | Process for the preparation of a water dispersible carotenoid preparation in powder form A powdered water-dispersible carotenoid preparation in the form of discrete carotenoid microparticles is prepared by milling a carotenoid in an aqueous medium in the presence of a hydrocolloid so as to form a suspension, heating the suspension thus formed... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5789647 | Process for the extraction of natural carotenoid dyes A process for the extraction of carotenoid dyes from pre-dried natural starting materials is described using compressed gases such as propane and/or butane in which organic entraining agents can be additionally added in order to facilitate and complete th... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5714658 | Process for the extraction of carotenes from natural sources For the extraction of carotenes, in particular of ଲ-carotene, from natural sources, these are stirred for several hours at at least 30° C. in a solvent mixture composed of acetic esters of C1 -C4 alcohols as well as a portion ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5689022 | Preparation of ଲ-carotene products with a high 9 (Z) content ଲ-Carotene products with a high proportion of the 9(Z) isomer are prepared starting from mother liquors from the industrial preparation of ଲ-ionylideneethyltriarylphosphonium salts (C15 -triarylphosphonium salts) by Wittig reaction ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5648550 | Beta-keto-alcohols and the process for the manufacture thereof A novel process for the manufacture of ଲ-keto alcohols from aldehydes comprising reacting a conjugated polyene aldehyde under basic conditions with a cyclocarbonate or derivative thereof. Certain carotenoid products of this process are novel compoun... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5612485 | High cis beta-carotene composition A carotenoid composition derived from a natural source wherein at least 50% by weight of the carotenoid content of the composition is cis beta-carotene and preferably 9 cis beta-carotene. Typically, the beta-carotene content of the composition is predomin... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5510551 | Extraction of carotenoids from natural sources A carotenoid-enriched fraction is extracted from natural sources, such as carrots, by (i) separating the carotenoid-containing natural source into a carotenoid-containing liquid fraction and a pulp fraction, (ii) adding a carotenoid precipitation agent in... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5453565 | Astaxanthin from flowers of the genus adonis A novel strain of Adonis aestivalis having an average of 18-22 petals per flower head and containing an average of 200-350 μg of astaxanthin pigment per flower head is cultivated, harvested and extracted to provide a source of natural astaxanthin. The ex... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5453447 | Preparation of stable injectable ଲ-carotene solubilizates A process for the continusous preparation of Beta-carotene together with an emulsifier by briefly heating Beta-carotene together with an emulsifier to give a homogeneous solution, rapidly cooling the latter to below 100° C. by adding water, and subsequen... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5424478 | Process for producing vitamin A derivatives The present specification relates to an industrially advantageous process for producing vitamin A derivatives which are useful as medicaments, feed additives, food additives and the like. The process provides vitamin A derivatives, particularly all-trans ... | 06/13/1995 |
