Composition containing as the active ingredient componantes from salvia sclarea seed

Abstract

The present invention concerns a food supplement comprising Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds as well as finished food products comprising the food supplement. The present invention further concerns a nutraceutical or cosmetic preparation comprising as an active ingredient Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to food supplements and nutraceutical compositions for raising omega-levels in a subject. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Current research in nutritional medicine indicates that the omega-3 fatty acids are essential components of the human diet. According to studies published in the British scientific journal Lancet, the observed low incidence of arteriosclerosis (fatty plaques development on the inner walls of the arteries which obstructs the blood flow), including coronary artery disease, and chronic inflammatory disease, and diabetes in Greenland Eskimos has been attributed to their traditional ethnic diet, consisting largely of meat from whale, seals, sea birds and fish. This diet is rich in fat and protein and low in carbohydrates, but it is extremely high in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and especially rich in two omega-3 fatty acids: C22:6 and C20:5 (DHA) and (EPA). [0003] The most important Omega-3 fatty a...

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Benefits of technology

[0024] Furthermore, the present invention is based on the realization that not only the oil or crushed flour / powder of Salvia sclarea has higher nutritional value than the oil of Salvia hispanica, but also the growth of the plant of the Salvia sclarea variety, as compared to the Salvia hispanica variety is more economical. The Saliva sclarea plants can grow in any Mediterranean climate such as in the middle east, in Europe, (including southern European countries such as Italy, Spain and Southern France as well as Northern and eastern European countries such as Finland and Russia), North Africa, California and Australia; and its growth requirements in terms of soil content are not particular. The plant can withstand both heat and cold (even snow), and is found on mountainous terrain, where rainfall is even lower than 400 mm annually.

[0068] The food supplement of the present invention is expected to raise the level of at least one omega-3 fatty acid in the meat of the non-human animal (cow, sheep, hens, fish), as well as to raise the level of at least one omega-3 fatty acid in the products of the animals such as milk and eggs.

[0090] The term “treatment . . . therapeutically beneficial effect” may refer to at least one of the following: decrease in at least one undesirable affect of the disease; slowing the deterioration of the disease; increase in the diseased-free time period; or prevention of the disease altogether.

Problems solved by technology

These crops do not lend themselves to mechanical harvesting and cleaning.

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