Abstract: Flavonoid compositions containing the flavonoid quercetin and/or derivatives of quercetin are disclosed. The flavonoid compositions are formulated to improve the bioavailability of quercetin. Also provided herein are methods for improving athletic performance, improving cardiovascular health, and aiding in immune response and methods of improving athletic performance, improving bone health, preventing fatigue, reducing recovery time after exercise, countering oxidative stress, and/or boosting energy.
Abstract: The present invention discloses an anticancer pharmaceutical composition, comprising the following materials in parts by weight: 0.5-30 parts of fruits/leaves of Rosa roxburghii, 0.5-30 parts of fruits/leaves of Phyllanthus emblica, 0.5-30 parts of peel/seeds of Punica granatum, 0.5-30 parts of honey, 0.5-30 parts of flesh/pericarp of Garcinia mangostana, 0.5-30 parts of coconuts, 0.5-30 parts of pulp/peel of Citrus limon, 0.5-30 parts of raw walnuts, 0.1-5 parts of Rhizoma gastrodiae, 0.1-5 parts of Lucid ganoderma, 0.1-5 parts of seeds/leaves of Moringa oleifera, 0.01-2 parts of Radix ranunculi ternati and 0.01-2 parts of Rhizoma paridis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
GUIZHOU JIN QIAN FRUIT BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a mite composition, the rearing thereof and to the use of the composition for controlling crop pests. The invention provides a mite composition comprising: —a rearing population of a phytoseiid predatory mite species, —a population of at least one species from the order Astigmata, and—optionally a carrier, wherein the population of the species from the order Astigmata is not alive. In particular the population of the species from the order Astigmata is in fast frozen fom1. The composition is used for controlling crop pests, such as thrip species. The crops may be greenhouse grown crops and open field crops.
Abstract: A botanical extract that exhibits anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the botanical extract is at least an extract from the genus Anacardium.
Abstract: Plant-based inhibitors of MMP-9 that also function as PPAR-? agonists, and the use of such plant-based inhibitors/agonists in modulating metabolic disorders is disclosed. The plant-based inhibitor/agonist is at least an extract obtained from the genus Anacardium.
Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a composition comprising at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of dihydromethysticin, methysticin, dihydrokavain, kavain, desmethoxyyangonin and 11-methoxyyangonin, wherein the composition is substantially free of flavokawain B. Certain embodiments of the invention also provide a method for treating or preventing cancer in a mammal (e.g., a human) in need of such treatment comprising, administering to the mammal a carrier and a compound selected from the group consisting of dihydromethysticin, methysticin, dihydrokavain, kavain, desmethoxyyangonin and 11-methoxyyangonin, wherein the compound is substantially free of other kava extract components.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2021
Assignee:
Kuality Herbceutics LLC
Inventors:
Chengguo Xing, Stephen Hecht, Junxuan Lu, Pramod Upadhyaya, Sharon Murphy, Pablo Leitzman, Sreekanth Narayanapillai, Silvia Balbo
Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising isoflavones from red clover. The red clover extract has been fermented to obtain a composition comprising aglycone isoflavones. The fermentation is preferably performed by a lactic acid bacteria or fermented dandelion extract.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 9, 2021
Assignee:
HERRENS MARK APS
Inventors:
Michael Mohr Jensen, Per Bendix Jeppesen, Max Norman Tandrup Lambert, Anne Cathrine Sonderstgaard Thorup
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions comprising Hylocereus undatus fruit extract and Aloe barbadensis leaf extract, useful as antioxidants and/or inhibiting TNF-? expression.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 9, 2021
Assignee:
Mary Kay Inc.
Inventors:
Barbara Durkee, Daniel Ramirez, Maria Milagros Sanchez, Michael Frushour, Geetha Kalahasti, Lisha Vanpelt
Abstract: The present application describes an ethyl acetate fraction of Melissa leaf having excellent angiogenesis and MMP inhibitory activities, and a composition comprising the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 19, 2021
Assignee:
ANGIOLAB, INC.
Inventors:
Min-Young Kim, Jong Cheon Hahm, Byung Young Park, Eun Kyu Park, Hee Suk Lee
Abstract: The appearance of hyperpigmented lesions on human skin are reduced by applying a topical solution composition that includes a concentrated amount of resveratrol that has been extracted from red wine and is at a pH of between 2.5 and 5.5.
Abstract: A method for enhancing at least one of craving-reduction, mood improvement, avoidance of depression, prevention of weight gain post weight-loss from dieting, reduction of negative side effects produced by anti-appetite drugs and smoke-cessation and promotion of healthy ageing in a person in need thereof, comprising administering a composition to said person, said composition comprising: a) an effective amount of an extract of Cyperus esculentus peel, Cyperus esculentus rhizomes, or a combination thereof; b) an effective amount of mangiferin, norathyriol, or an extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol; or c) a synergistic combination of (a) and (b). The composition may comprise a third active ingredient in combination with the Cyperus esculentus extract and mangiferin or norathyriol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 29, 2020
Assignee:
NEKTIUM PHARMA, S.L.
Inventors:
Miguel Jiménez del Rio, Julia C. Wiebe, Laura Lopez-Rios, Tanausu Vega-Morales, Ruben Perez-Machin, Alvaro Sanchez-Rodriguez, Carlos J. Mateos, Nigel Peter Gericke
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 7, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
BIOFUNGITEK, S.L.
Inventors:
Unai Ona Ugalde Martinez, Ana Belen Rodriguez Urra, Ainara Ubegun Lizaso
Abstract: Composition of shogaols and related compounds from Zingiberaceae family of plants for improved iron metabolism in health and prevention iron overload in patients in need of nutritional and/or therapeutic approach to ameliorate iron-overload.
Abstract: A traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating acute stage of cerebral infarction. The traditional Chinese medicine composition combines buffalo horns, unprocessed rehmannia roots, red paeony roots, cortex moutan, grassleaf sweelflag rhizome and turmeric root-tuber, and exerts the synergistic effects of the medicines through compatibility, thereby being capable of more effectively clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling the blood, dissipating blood stasis and inducing resuscitation, and achieving the purpose of treating acute stage of cerebral infarction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
Jiangsu Province Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Inventors:
Hongquan Liu, Xiaolan Cheng, Jingbo Li, Mingming Fang, Shuting Jiang, Yudi Lu, Jie Gong
Abstract: A feed supplement for poultry consisting of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and flaxseed. The supplement is prepared using a dry extrusion process. Also described is a method of using the feed supplement to increase omega-3 fatty acids in poultry products, such as eggs. Also described is a method of obtaining a poultry egg using the feed supplement.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating ovotoxicity, and more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating ovotoxicity, containing an Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham extract. According to the present invention, the Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham extract concentration-dependently increases DPPH free radical scavenging activity so as to have excellent antioxidant activity, inhibits apoptosis of ovarian cells, and activates a PI3K/Akt signaling pathway so as to have a significant protective effect against ovotoxicity to be caused by 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD), thereby being usable as a medicine and a health functional food, which are useful for alleviating, preventing, inhibiting or treating ovotoxicity, premature ovarian failure and the like. Therefore, subfertility treatment or prevention, premature ovarian failure, a menopausal disorder in the premenopausal period, and the like can be considered application examples related thereto.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 17, 2020
Assignee:
DONGGUK UNIVERSITY GYEONGJU CAMPUS INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
Abstract: Described herein is method of preparing a food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function. The method includes washing medicinal herbs, extracting the medicinal herbs to obtain extracts, passing the extracts through a packed column, aging and filtering the extracts, mixing the filtered extracts with palm oil and grape seeds to obtain a mixture, aging the mixture, sterilizing the aged mixture, passing the sterilizing mixture through a packed column, packaging the sterilized mixture, and making the packaged mixture into a final product. The medicinal herbs includes Hovenia dulcis, young leaves of Artemisia scoparia, Pueraria thunbergiana, Curcuma longa, Angelica gigas, licorice, or cinnamon. Also described herein is the food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function made according to the method.
Abstract: The present invention relates to phytosanitary compositions with fungicidal properties that comprise one essential oil obtained from plants selected from oregano oil (Origanum vulgare) and thyme oil (Thymus vulgaris) or its active compounds carvacrol at a concentration between 0.1 and 530 ppm or thymol at a concentration between 0.31 and 530 ppm, or a combination thereof; and (2) potassium carbonate at a concentration between 3.5 and 25 mM, and an agent with known fungicidal properties 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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 3, 2020
Assignee:
BIOFUNGITEK, S.L.
Inventors:
Unai Ona Ugalde Martinez, Ana Belen Rodriguez Urra, Ainara Ubegun Lizaso
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2020
Assignee:
BIOFUNGITEK, S.L.
Inventors:
Unai Ona Ugalde Martinez, Ana Belen Rodriguez Urra, Ainara Ubegun Lizaso
Abstract: A composition for enhancing treatment of orthopedic ailments stimulates iNOS and enhances treatment of orthopedic ailments when a pharmaceutically effective amount is administered over a sufficient period of time. The composition comprises ginger, Muira puama, Paullinia cupana, and at least one of the group consisting of L-arginine and L-citrulline.