Abstract: A method for reducing muscle contraction of a facial muscle or reducing the appearance of a fine line or wrinkle is disclosed. The method can include topical application of a composition to facial skin and/or to the fine line or wrinkle. The composition can include an effective amount of Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract, an effective amount of Lavendula stoechas extract, and an effective amount of Acmella oleracea extract. Topical application of the composition to facial skin can reduce muscle contraction of the facial muscle. Topical application of the composition to the fine line or wrinkle can reduce the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle.

Abstract: A multipurpose mosquito repellent composition obtained by a process of forming a foundation mixture by mixing an anti-insect extract/essential oil with at least two odorless and anti-insect effect prolonging extract/essential oils; and mixing the foundation mixture with a plurality of aromatic and medicinal oils in a specific order with each of the plurality of aromatic and medicinal oils having a specific predetermined percentage (%) by weight relative to the total weight of the multipurpose mosquito repellent composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition containing 1,8-para-menthenethiol and 3-mercaptohexyl acetate, such as a plant extract and in particular an extract of timur (Zanthoxylum armatum), as odor-masking agent. It also relates to a deodorizing product in the form of an aerosol, candle, or electrical or wick fragrance diffuser, containing this composition.

Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition is provided, including: carbon dioxide; an ionic acrylic based rheology modifier comprising at least one of an alkali swellable emulsion polymer and a hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable emulsion polymer; a pH adjuster; a surfactant; at least one of an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid and an alkyl benzene sulfonate; water; a cosolvent; and, optionally, a pH color indicator; wherein the pH of the hard surface cleaning composition is 3.5 to 6.0. Also provided is a method of cleaning a hard surface.

Abstract: Extracts from Thymus serpyllum L. for use in enteric inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: Extracts of plants of the Lamiaceae family, including the Mentha genus, are shown to have a positive impact on overall cognitive health, including improvements in memory, reasoning, attention/concentration, planning, mood, sleep and associated behaviors.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel synergistic dietary supplement compositions comprising at least two ingredients selected from the extracts and fractions derived from Sphaeranthus indicus, Coleus aromaticus, Cissus quadrangularis, Curcuma longa, Garcinia mangostana, Citrullus lanatus, Ocimum sanctum, Trachyspermum ammi and Cinnamomum tamala as natural energy enhancer for enhancing physical performance, muscle strength, muscle mass, mental alertness and energy levels in a mammal.

Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide seed, soil, and plant treatment compositions, and methods of making and using such products and compositions. The use of these products and compositions can act as a plant protectant and increase the growth, health, and yield of various seeds and plants such as crops and grasses, and further provide similar benefit to soils.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of valerian root extract and lavender oil treating of sleep disorders, as well as to a combination of preparation comprising valerian root extract and lavender oil.

Abstract: Compositions of natural substances for human and veterinary use are provided and include neem oil mixed with the oil extract of Hypericum. The compositions have healing, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and pain relieving properties combined with a repellent effect against myiasigenic diptera and non-myiasigenic diptera. The compositions can be used for the treatment and the cure of external wounds of any type and extension.

Abstract: Methods and compositions in which botanical oils, such as wintergreen oil, and/or isolated methyl salicylate are combined with an attractant matrix (pellets) and applied near a nest of leaf-cutting ants. These oils possess fungicidal and fungistatic properties that destroy and inhibit growth of the ant-cultivated fungus—the ant colony's sole food source—thereby promoting destruction of the colony. These oils are also highly attractive to the ants, exerting no repellent effects, encouraging transport of the fungicidal materials into the nest and ensuring that the fungal colonies come into contact with the materials and suffer mortality.

Abstract: A Melaleuca quinquenervia extract and its uses are provided. The extract is extracted by a first polar solvent, wherein the first polar solvent is a C3-C6 ethanol. The extract is especially useful for inhibiting the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway.

Abstract: Functional ingredients including an esterified component and microencapsulated in an enteric matrix to increase the microencapsulation efficiency and reduce undesired organoleptic properties of the microencapsulated material while providing a desired release rate and ester hydrolysis rate, the process including forming an emulsion in water and titrating the emulsion with a precipitating agent to produce a particulate precipitate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a skin lightening composition, more particularly a composition which derives synergy between an active of natural origin and an active of synthetic origin. The present inventors have judiciously combined a selective salt of a dicarboxylic acid viz. disodium fumarate along with a specific extract of a plant source e.g. Salvia officinalis rich in certain organic aromatic acids to provide for synergic skin lightening benefits. They have further found that inclusion of certain activity enhancers in the composition of the invention improves the skin lightening efficacy.

Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to methods and compositions for reducing blood cholesterol levels, and more particularly to dietary supplements for reducing blood cholesterol levels. The dietary supplements for reducing cholesterol typically comprise at least one phytosterol source, at least one soluble fiber source, at least one guggulsterone source, and at least one policosanol source.

Abstract: An anesthetic and cooling mixture is sprayed from an aerosol can and onto an injured area of a person. The mixture includes lidocaine, camphor, vitamin E, H2O, polylactic acid and a propellant.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of RecA inhibitors as antibiotic agents, and provides RecA inhibitors useful in treating infections. Also provided are various compositions and methods associated with RecA inhibition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods and supplements for increasing endurance and fat metabolism in human beings.

Abstract: The present invention concerns various compositions comprising the essential oil of Origanum compactum or of Aniba rosaeodora or one of their constituents, preferably a major constituent, for use in the targeted treatment and prevention of keratoses in the transformation phase and of carcinomas originating from these keratoses, and more particularly of keratoses induced by solar radiation on the skin of a subject. More particularly, the present invention concerns compositions based on the essential oil of oregano or of rosewood, or on linalool, thymol or carvacrol.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel composition of matter comprised of a mixture of two specific classes of compounds—Free-B-Ring flavonoids and flavans—for use in the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions associated with the skin. This composition of matter simultaneously inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) enzymatic activity in normal, aged and damaged dermal cells and tissues. This invention further provides a method for the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions of the skin mediated by cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX).

Abstract: Compositions and methods for alleviating an allergy condition while also reducing a drying effect of an allergy treatment composition or another anti-mucosal composition. In some embodiments and implementations, a composition may be provided comprising an allergy treatment composition comprising an antihistamine in a therapeutically effective amount for treating the allergy condition in the human having the allergy condition. The composition may further comprise an anti-drying composition comprising at least one of xylitol, erythiritol, mannitol, maltitol, tibitol, arabitol, ribose, and xylose in one or more therapeutically effective amounts for reducing nasal dryness caused by the allergy treatment composition. The composition may be delivered into at least one of the human's nose, eyes, mouth, and throat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for improving or promoting hair growth, which contains, as an active ingredient, a photosensitizer-peptide conjugate, and to a method for screening for the hair growth promoter using the active ingredients. ALA, which is the photosensitizer of the present invention, is preferably activated by LED radiation, and more preferably activated by radiation having a long wavelength of 650 to 675 nm. The peptide of the present invention is a peptide in which 3 to 7 amino acid residues are incorporated (most preferably, glycine-histidine-lysine), and may cooperate with the photosensitizer to enable very superior hair growth improving or promoting effects using light radiation. Further, the composition of the present invention may exhibit further superior effects when natural extracts (for example, Cimicifuga heracleifolia extracts, Scutellaria baicalensis extracts or Codonopsis lanceolata extracts) are added.

Abstract: Pesticidal compositions containing plant essential oils, such as rosemary oil, wintergreen oil, etc., and methods for using same are disclosed.

Abstract: Pesticidal compositions containing plant essential oils, such as rosemary oil and/or wintergreen oil, and methods for using same are disclosed.

Abstract: Extracts from Thymus serpyllum L. for use in enteric inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phytosanitary compositions with fungicidal properties that comprise a mixture of essential oils obtained from plants and agents with known fungicidal properties, such as alkali metal or ammonium bicarbonates, and compounds based on copper or the salts thereof, for use, principally, in contact-protection against fungal infections in cultivated plants and post-harvest, and also in other antifungal applications. In said compositions, the effect of the agents that have known fungicidal properties is potentiated synergistically by the aforementioned essential oils. The present invention also relates to the use of said essential oils as potentiators for agents with known fungicidal properties.

Abstract: This innovation is a unique, natural, CONSUMABLE and topical treatment for many of my body's ailments that has helped me in ways other products never did. The anti-bacterial herbs appear to fight the root cause of the many ailments listed, instead of just masking them. It cleansed my pores for acne. I sprayed it in and on my eyes. It gently allowed sebaceous debris, often called eye mucous, to painlessly ooze away from eyelash pores and other eye glands like NO other product I have heard of. It unclogged the micro eyelid circulation, greatly reducing the puffiness we all get with age. Cleaning pores allowed skin to heal itself better, reducing wrinkles and acne scars. It naturally kills bacteria that cause odors under your arms and orally. It is consumable, so it works safely all the way down the back of the tongue where scrappers and chemical washes can't reach.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic product which can accelerate production of ceramide in cells. The ceramide production-accelerating agent contains a plant selected from the group consisting of Radix Heraclei Scabridi, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei, Pseudobulbus Bletillae, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Radix Platycodi, and Herba Leonuli, or an extract thereof as an active ingredient. Further, the present invention provides a moisturizing agent containing a plant selected from the group consisting of Herba Leonuri and Rhizoma Dioscoreae, or an extract thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Pesticidal compositions containing plant essential oils, such as rosemary oil and/or wintergreen oil, and methods for using same are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment and management of pain in a subject comprising or consisting of topically or orally administering a therapeutic effective amount of a composition. The composition is made up of minute amounts of herbal extracts and compound mixtures to a subject. The composition includes turmeric extract, Boswellia extract, ginger extract, holy basil extract, rosemary extract, white willow extract and alpha lipolic acid each in minute amounts.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein is directed to a natural insecticide composition. In one embodiment, the composition includes a mixture of essential oils and a cleanser medium such as soap, shampoo, and the like. In another embodiment, the composition includes a mixture of essential oils and a lotion medium. Preferably, the essential oils in the present composition include catnip oil, neem oil, cedarwood oil, rose geranium oil, and lemon eucalyptus oil. The essential oils can externally release a repelling agent to incapacitate or otherwise discourage the pests, such as ticks and mosquitos. The present invention provides a natural eco-friendly insecticide that is safe for use on skin and hair on humans, as well as animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a purified aqueous extract material and to a method for preparing same, wherein the purified aqueous extract material includes, as a major ingredient, a glycoside ingredient of Pleuropterus multiflorus and Dipsacus asperoides which have the effect of increasing the secretion of an insulin-like growth factor and promoting bone structure growth.

Abstract: A Tie2 activator containing, as an active ingredient, a hawthorn extract, a starfruit extract, a shellflower extract, a lotus extract, a rooibos extract, an Indian date extract, a Chinese quince extract, a Psidium guava extract, a long pepper extract, a Quillaja extract, a Kouki extract, a ginkgo extract, an oyster extract, a turmeric extract, a chrysanthemum extract, a jujube extract, a Chinese wolfberry extract, a chamomile extract, or a Butcher's Broom extract, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A water-soluble anti-inflammatory cream is disclosed. The cream is a composition of between about 7.5% and about 30% by weight of a healing oil; between about 1% and about 6% by weight of an herbal extract; between about 0% and about 3.5% by weight of microencapsulated amino acids; and at least 39.4% by weight water.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and kit have been discovered which utilize pulsed odorants, drugs, medicaments, and combinations thereof to treat diseases, symptoms of diseases and the like. In one form, the pulsed odorants, drugs, medicaments, and combinations thereof can be used to regenerate the connections of the neurons of the brain and central nervous system in the treatment of symptoms of such person afflicted with neuro-disorders, such as caused by disease or trauma.

Abstract: A topical composition comprising Rheum palmatum Root Extract, Cnidium monnieri Fruit Extract, Scutellaria baicalensis Root Extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, hyaluronic acid and a dermatologically acceptable carrier and use thereof for treating and/or preventing a chronic inflammatory skin disease or disorder or allergic skin conditions.

Abstract: A treatment protocol for use in the treatment of neurocutaneous syndrome is described and comprises at least one xanthone component, which may comprise at least one mangosteen component, and at least one detoxification component. Additional embodiments comprise at least one herbal component, at least one vitamin component, or a combination thereof. A method of treating a patient having neurocutaneous syndrome is described herein and comprises: providing at least one xanthone component, which may comprise at least one mangosteen component, providing at least one xanthone component, which may comprise at least one mangosteen component, to the patient, and administering the at least one detoxification component to the patient. Additional methods steps may include providing and administering at least one herbal component, providing and administering at least one vitamin component or a combination thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides herbal compositions useful for increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic compounds. This invention also provides methods useful for improving the quality of life of an individual undergoing chemotherapy. Furthermore, this invention improves the treatment of disease by increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapy drugs by administering the herbal composition PHY906 to a mammal undergoing such chemotherapy.

Abstract: A composition for preventing or reducing harmful effects of protozoal infection is provided, comprising in one embodiment a yeast cell wall and a preparation derived from oregano. The composition may further include a mineral nutrient selected from selenium and/or zinc. The composition may also include a preparation derived from Yucca. Efficacy of the composition is shown against a variety of protozoal organisms.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to a natural pesticide composition and the method for producing such a composition. The composition comprises a mixture of distilled water, isopropyl alcohol, rosemary oil, rosemary extract, wintergreen oil, and garlic. The composition includes organic and natural materials and is capable of repelling and destroying pests such as insects and parasites. The extract and oil from the herbs and the garlic can externally release a repelling agent to discourage the pests and the alcohol dehydrates the insects. The present invention provides a natural eco-friendly pesticide that is safe for use on plants, as well as animals and people alike.

Abstract: Methods of treating wood lumber to inhibit growth of mold fungi by surface treating the wood lumber with an essential oil, diluted or undiluted, being geranium Egyptian, thyme, dill weed or rosemary. Various surface treatments include dipping, spraying, brushing and vapor exposure.

Abstract: An organic skin moisturizer, which extends and improves the skin cells life cycle, comprised of Sea Buckthorn seed oil, Camellia seed oil, Argan seed oil, Pomegranate seed oil, Meadowfoam seed oil, d-alpha tocopherol, Lecithin oil, Rosemary essential oil, Tea Tree oil, Helichrysum oil, and Coffee Arabica oil. The oils are blended together resulting in a compound that is easily applied to the skin for superior results to keep the skin cells healthier longer. This compound was created to address the Hayflick limit, which is that all skin cells can only divide a specific number of times before the skin cell dies.

Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions providing synergistic antimicrobial effects against a variety of bacterial, viral and fungal organisms are described. Methods for using the antimicrobial compositions and products containing the antimicrobial compositions are also described herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method or composition for inhibiting the infection of a microorganism in a subject, using a Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng extract. Also provided is a method or composition for treating or preventing acne vulgaris caused by microorganisms, particularly Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Abstract: There are disclosed non-phytotoxic biocompatible compositions comprising tea tree oil (TTO), as well as their use and methods for their production. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for promoting eye health in a companion animal. The composition comprising: at least one polyphenol selected from the group consisting of rosemary, rosemary extract, coffeic acid, coffee extract, turmeric extract, cucurmin, blueberry extract, grapeseed extract, rosemarinic acid, tea extract, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for fractionating a plant material to provide isolated extractives, the process includes pretreating the plant material to provide a fluidized plant material, subjecting the pretreated fluidized plant material to high frequency pulses and shear forces without denaturing bioactive aspects of one or more components of the plant material to provide a first liquid fraction having extractives to be isolated and a first fractionated plant material, separating the first liquid fraction having extractives from the first fractionated plant material, and isolating extractives from the first liquid fraction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an edible product, which comprises a fibrous plant product and a plant extract applied thereto. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing said edible product and its use in at least one of food, food supplement, medicinal, cosmetic, well-being, nutraceutical or phytotherapeutical applications. The plants used may be all plants comprising one or more substances of interest for an edible product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrocolloid composition which, based on 100% by weight of the hydrocolloid composition, comprises: 10-90%) by weight of a polyisobutylene tackifier; 5-55% by weight of a hydrophilic absorbing substance; and 0.1-20% by weight of a functional ingredient. The invention further provides an article containing the hydrocolloid composition.

Abstract: A stabilized formulation for skin care, wound care and/or other tissue healing applications and methods for making the same is described. The stabilized formulation stabilizes omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and is constituted of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in combination with tocopherol (Vitamin E), ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), herb extract, and a fat-soluble antioxidant. Methods for making and using the stabilized formulation are also described.