Patents Assigned to U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • FLAVONOID COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200246367
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flavonoid composition that includes eriocitrin. The flavonoid may be included in a complex with other bioflavonoids. The composition may also include neoeriocitrin. This invention also relates to methods of using the composition, including for reducing IL-6 or MCP-1 treating inflammation, and treating symptoms of metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: INGREDIENTS BY NATURE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Robert M. BREWSTER, John A. MANTHEY
  • Co-fermentation of glucose, xylose and/or cellobiose by yeast
    Patent number: 8530211
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using yeast cells to produce ethanol by contacting a mixture comprising xylose with a Spathaspora yeast cell under conditions suitable to allow the yeast to ferment at least a portion of the xylose to ethanol. The methods allow for efficient ethanol production from hydrolysates derived from lignocellulosic material and sugar mixtures including at least xylose and glucose or xylose, glucose and cellobiose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Thomas W. Jeffries, Laura B. Willis, Tanya M. Long, Yi-Kai Su
  • CO-FERMENTATION OF GLUCOSE, XYLOSE AND/OR CELLOBIOSE BY YEAST
    Publication number: 20120270289
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using yeast cells to produce ethanol by contacting a mixture comprising xylose with a Spathaspora yeast cell under conditions suitable to allow the yeast to ferment at least a portion of the xylose to ethanol. The methods allow for efficient ethanol production from hydrolysates derived from lignocellulosic material and sugar mixtures including at least xylose and glucose or xylose, glucose and cellobiose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Thomas W. Jeffries, Laura B. Willis, Tanya M. Long, Yi-Kai Su
  • Method of ameliorating acid soil to enhance plant growth
    Patent number: 5628811
    Abstract: A method of ameliorating acid soils so as to enhance plant growth is provided by adding to soil 0.05 to 20 percent by weight, based on the weight of the soil, of a flue gas desulfurization by-product consisting essentially of 80-99 percent by weight of gypsum (CaSO.sub.4.2H.sub.2 O) and 1-20 percent by weight of magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH).sub.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignees: Dravo Lime Company, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: John W. College, Joel H. Beeghly, K. Dale Ritchey, Virupax C. Baligar, Ralph B. Clark