Patents by Inventor Afreena Nasir

Afreena Nasir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6428825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an herbal therapeutic product for controlling diabetes mellitus comprising at least one hypoglycemic compound extracted from the pulp of fruit Eugenia jambolana. The process for the preparation of the herbal therapeutic product to control the glucose level, comprises cleaning and drying the fruit of a species of family Eugenia to remove extraneous material from the outermost layer of the said fruit. De-seeding the fruit and soaking the said de-seeded fruit in water under controlled cooled conditions overnight to retain the activity of hypoglycemic compounds in the mixture of water and pulp of de-seeded fruit. It is followed by mixing the mixture to achieve a uniform consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Indian Council of Medical Research
    Inventors: Suman Bala Sharma, Pothapragada Suryanarayana Murthy, Krishan Madhav Prabhu, Afreena Nasir
  • Publication number: 20010021401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an herbal therapeutic product for controlling diabetes mellitus comprising at least one hypoglycemic compound extracted from the pulp of fruit Eugenia jambolina. The said product is prepared from the pulp of the fruit Eugenia jambolina comprising cleaning and drying the fruit to remove the extraneous material from the outer layer of the said fruit, deseeding the said fruit, soaking the de-seeded pulp in water, mixing the said mixture of water and pulp and keeping it overnight in controlled cooled conditions to maintain the activity of hypoglycemic compounds, filtering the said mixture, washing the residue with water to extract all the active compounds from the said mixture of water and pulp in the form of clear watery solution, reducing the water content by keeping the said clear watery solution in freezing conditions to get the residues in concentrated form, purifying the said concentrated product in the chromatography by using slurries of different columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Suman Bala Sharma, Pothapragada Suryanarayana Murthy, Krishan Madhav Prabhu, Afreena Nasir