Patents Assigned to NATUREX
  • Composition comprising cinnamon extract
    Patent number: 11044930
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for lowering the glycemic index comprising, or consisting of an alcoholic extract of cinnamon in an amount of at least 10% by weight compared to the total weight of the composition, and optionally a carrier, a food composition comprising a composition for lowering the glycemic index in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 5% by weight compared to the total weight of the food composition, the use of a composition for lowering the glycemic index or of a food composition as a glycemic index lowering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Nicolas Chapal, Vickram Beejmohun
  • Eutectic extraction solvents, extraction methods by eutectigenesis using said solvents, and extracts derived from said extraction methods
    Patent number: 10960042
    Abstract: A eutectic extraction solvent for extracting plant (e.g. vegetable) and/or animal and/or prokaryotic biological material, wherein the solvent is a clear, stable and fluid mixture comprising: (a) betaine or a hydrated form of betaine; (b) at least one hydrogen bond donor compound selected from the group consisting of polyols and organic acids; and (c) water with the proviso that the eutectic extraction solvent does not contain any exogenous sugar and/or amine salt and/or anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE D'AVIGNON ET DES PAY DE VAUCLUSE, NATUREX
    Inventors: Alexis Lavaud, Michael Laguerre, Simona Birtic, Anne Sylvie Fabiano Tixier, Marc Roller, Farid Chemat, Antoine Charles Bily
  • COMPOSITION COMPRISING CINNAMON EXTRACT
    Publication number: 20180343906
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for lowering the glycemic index comprising, or consisting of an alcoholic extract of cinnamon in an amount of at least 10% by weight compared to the total weight of the composition, and optionally a carrier, a food composition comprising a composition for lowering the glycemic index in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 5% by weight compared to the total weight of the food composition, the use of a composition for lowering the glycemic index or of a food composition as a glycemic index lowering agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NATUREX
    Inventors: Nicolas CHAPAL, Vickram BEEJMOHUN
  • Method for preparing purified extracts of
    Patent number: 10111917
    Abstract: A method for preparing a concentrated extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, in liquid or dry form, having a harpagoside titer greater than or equal to 5%, comprises a step of purifying a crude extract of Harpagophytum procumbens in liquid form in aqueous phase by a technique of liquid-liquid extraction with an organic solvent selected from the esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Yohan Rolland, Charles Duval
  • Composition comprising cinnamon extract
    Patent number: 10076128
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for lowering the glycemic index comprising, or consisting of an alcoholic extract of cinnamon in an amount of at least 10% by weight compared to the total weight of the composition, and optionally a carrier, a food composition comprising a composition for lowering the glycemic index in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 5% by weight compared to the total weight of the food composition, the use of a composition for lowering the glycemic index or of a food composition as a glycemic index lowering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Nicolas Chapal, Vickram Beejmohun
  • Composition comprising cashew apple extract
    Patent number: 10028970
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cashew apple extract and a composition comprising a cashew apple extract and optionally a carrier, in particular for use for allowing reduction of body weight gain or limitation of increasing body weight, reduction or limitation of fat storage, of fatty liver, of liver triglycerides level, of hypertriglyceridemia, of glycemia level, of insulinemia, of insulin resistance, and/or of one or several factors of metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Nicolas Chapal, Max Reynes, Vickram Beejmohun, Manuel Dornier
  • Uses of hibiscus, in particular pharmaceutical uses
    Patent number: 9492489
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of hibiscus or of a crude or purified hibiscus extract in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of urinary infections associated with the presence of Escherichia coli and Candida albicans, especially for the treatment or prevention of cystitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Yohan Rolland, Charles Duval
  • Obtaining cocoa extracts rich in bioactive peptides with ACE and PEP enzyme inhibitory activity
    Patent number: 8946383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to obtaining bioactive peptides from plant raw materials, specifically cocoa extracts, by means of enzyme treatment. Said biopeptides have angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and prolyl endopeptidase enzyme (PEP) inhibitory activity in vitro and/or antioxidant activity in vivo, being able to be used in the food, dietetic and pharmaceutical industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Naturex
    Inventors: Begoña Muguerza Marquínez, Honorato Monzo Oltra, Natalia Alepuz Rico, Esther Bataller Leiva, Salvador Genoves Martínez, Maria Enrique López, Patricia Guerola Guerola, Daniel Ramon Vidal
  • Method for preparing polyphenol extracts from spinach leaves
    Patent number: 8664185
    Abstract: A method for preparing a concentrated spinach extract in a liquid or dry form and having a polyphenol titer greater than or equal to 50% is described. The method includes a step of purifying a raw spinach extract in a liquid form using a liquid-liquid extraction technique with a food oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Naturex
    Inventor: Charles Duval
  • A LIPIDIC EXTRACT FROM LEPIDIUM MEYNII AND ITS EFFECT ON THE LIBIDO
    Publication number: 20070116786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing particular components that can be obtained from a plant which can have pharmaceutical applications. More particularly, the plant genus is Lepidium and the composition may contain in the range of between about 0.3% and 0.7% of benzyl isothiocyanate, b) between about 0.06% and about 0.02% of Lepidium sterol component, c) between about 1% and about 2% of a Lepidium fatty acid component, and d) about 0.006% to 0.6% or more total macamide/macaenes component as standardized with excipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: NATUREX
    Inventors: Qun Zheng, Bo Zheng, Kan He