Patents Assigned to Gramineer AB
  • Process for separation of components from red blood cells
    Patent number: 5872227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which achieves effective separation of components from red blood cells by aggregating cell membranes with an addition of a pH lowering agent, whereupon the solution is made subject to a separation step where a water soluble fraction is separated from cell membranes, and whereupon the cell membranes are extracted, and where lipids may be selectively separated and recovered by lowering the temperature of the extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Gramineer AB
    Inventors: Karin Erlansson, Hans Jungvid, Bo Mattiasson, Goran Nilsson, Thomas Olin, Torbjorn Sund
  • Beverage containing alpha-ketoglutaric acid and method of making
    Patent number: 5817364
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an energy supply composition particularly suitable for use before, during and after physical exertion. The composition is a beverage, or a dry composition therefore, useful as an energy source in situations which demand a large and rapid energy supply to a healthy mammal including man. The beverage comprises an effective amount of alpha-ketoglutaric acid or a water-soluble innocuous salt thereof together with a nutritionally acceptable water-soluble carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Gramineer AB
    Inventor: Thomas Olin