1713 results about "Caffeine" patented technology

A beverage system is created having beverage, with at least one liquid. The beverage is created in a variety, including tea drink, coffee drink, milk drink, yogurt drink, malted drink, roasted cereal grain beverage, roasted nut and seed beverage, roasted bean beverage, distilled water, mineral water, sports drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit drink, vegetable drink, fruit skin drink, vegetable skin drink, plant drink, soft drink, alcoholic drink, and soup drink. The beverage is also created with or without addition of ingredient, including flavoring ingredient, nutritional ingredient, health ingredient, and other ingredient. The beverage can be served as hot drink, cold drink, cold drink with ice, and warm drink. The beverage can be caffeinated, or non caffeinated; and diet or non diet. The liquid includes water, oil, and alcohol. The beverage system is created in various form, including bubble beverage, instant beverage, and beverage with dissolved gas.

A method and composition to help persons reduce or quit smoking is disclosed, employing raw tobacco leaves, or tobacco fluid extract, or food grade tobacco like flavor and aroma, and Antioxidants, with or without and SAMe and caffeine. All ingredients can be in a micro-powdered or liquid form, for buccal administration. The composition can be in a tablet or capsule that is intended to be slowly sucked and dissolved in the mouth, and that delivers the nicotine, caffeine or SAMe, proved to be effective in alleviating smoking withdrawal symptoms. The composition can also be embedded inside a soft squeezable plastic cigarette for simulated smoking, providing additional periodic doses of nicotine, caffeine and SAMe to satisfy cravings for cigarettes.

The present invention relates to the delivery of caffeine through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing caffeine that are used in inhalation therapy. In a composition aspect of the present invention, the aerosol comprises particles comprising at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine. In a method aspect of the present invention, caffeine is delivered to a mammal through an inhalation route. The method comprises: a) heating a composition, wherein the composition comprises at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine, to form a vapor; and, b) allowing the vapor to cool, thereby forming a condensation aerosol comprising particles, which is inhaled by the mammal. In a kit aspect of the present invention, a kit for delivering caffeine through an inhalation route to a mammal is provided which comprises: a) a composition comprising at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine; and, b) a device that forms a caffeine containing aerosol from the composition, for inhalation by the mammal.

Provided is a tea leaf-transporting apparatus whereby it is possible to transport tea leaves in a sanitary manner. The tea leaf-transporting apparatus (1) is characterized by a configuration for transporting tea leaves (11) fed into a transportation pipe (32) which is configured from a metal pipe of stainless steel or the like, or a resin pipe of vinyl chloride or the like, by means of hot water (12), and a configuration for separating the hot water (12) and the tea leaves (11) which flow out of the transportation pipe (32). Additionally, adjusting factors such as the temperature of the hot water (12) or the amount of time that the tea leaves (11) remain in the transportation pipe (32) makes it possible to sterilize the tea leaves, deactivate oxidase, reduce the cuticular layer, and reduce the amount of caffeine as said tea leaves are transported.

The invention relates to a Puer tea extract, a preparation method and application. The Puer tea extract contains effective ingredients of tea polyphenol, tea Polysaccharide, theabrownine, caffeine and the like the content of which are high, and can obviously lower blood sugar. The preparation method can effectively convert and dissolve out the effective ingredients. The process route can assure clarity after the cold water of a finished product is dissolved, lowers the late centrifugation workload, has low cost and stable and controllable quality and is industrial.

An alertness inducing composition contains the active ingredients caffeine and taurine and various inert substances in a dry formulation. Caffeine and taurine are delivered in an oral formulation that obviates the need for ingesting significant quantities of liquid or sugar.

Provided is a non-tea-based, packaged beverage which includes a sour seasoning, contains catechins at high concentration, and even after stored over along term, can still give a refreshing feeling specific to a sour taste. The non-tea-based, packaged beverage is free of the persistence of a sour taste, which is experienced when taken in sport scenes, and is excellent in mouth refreshment. Even in a form filled in an oxygen-permeable, clear container, the non-tea-based, packaged beverage shows excellent color tone stability. The non-tea-based, packaged beverage contains a purified product of green tea extract added to it. The purified product comprises non-polymer catechins in its solid constituents and has a content weight ratio of (B) oxalic acid to (A) the non-polymer catechins [(B)/(A)] in a range of from 0 to 0.002. The non-tea-based, packaged beverage comprises the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) from 0.03 to 0.6 wt % of non-polymer catechins, (B) oxalic acid or a salt thereof at an ingredient (B)/ingredient (A) of from 0 to 0.02, (C) caffeine at an ingredient (C)/ingredient (A) weight ratio of from 0 to 0.16, and (D) from 0.03 to 1.0 wt % of a sour seasoning, and has a pH of from 2 to 6.

The invention discloses an extracting polyphenol, theanine, tea polysaccharide and tea pigment method from tea, which is characterized by the following: using deionized water for lixiviating tea at constant temperature with continuous flow upstream at multi-speed; adopting microstrainer to dislodge the foreign matter of raffinate; using hyperfiltration for putting-off pectin and protein; concentrating by hyperfiltration and dehydration; extracting tea polyphenol by acetic acid ethyl ester and recovering dissolvant; stripping caffeine of extracting extract phase, pesticide residue and dissolvant by CO2 supercritical fluid; getting tea polyphenol by low-temperature nitrogen spray-drying; using alcohol separation and low temperation vacuum drying by hyperfiltration trapped fluid to prepare tea polysaccharide; separating alcohol recrystallization by basic copper carbonate and hydrogen sulfide to get theanine; using enzymatic oxidation and alkaline air to oxygenate remain polyphenols substance of liquid phantom; getting tea pigment by hyperfiltration dehydration compression and vacuum drying; merging caffeine form carbon dioxide above-critical fluid and caffeine from carrene; recovering dissolvent; using deionized water for washing; obtaining caffeine by recrystallization vacuum drying.

The invention relates to a Pu-erh tea extract, a preparation method and application. The Pu-erh tea extract has high active ingredient content and low caffeine content, and can reduce blood sugar obviously and lower safety risks. Through the preparation method, active ingredients can be converted and dissolved out effectively. The process has the advantages of meeting the requirements of environmental protection along with simpleness, strong operability, low cost and industrialization; and the quality of the Pu-erh tea extracts is table and controllable.

The present invention relates to the compositions that enhance post-exercise recovery processes to increase both strength and muscle mass, replace glycogen stores, and prevent inflammation, resulting in the prevention and/or reduction of delayed onset muscle soreness. Additionally, it provides a feeling of muscle relaxation as well as a feeling of mental tranquility immediately following exercise. The composition consists of any or all high-glycemic sugars and/or polysaccharides (e.g., sucrose, glucose, maltodextrin), all essential amino acids and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate and can include other amino acids sources (e.g. whey protein), performance enhancing agents (e.g., caffeine, L-glutamate), anti-inflammatory agents (e.g., ginger, boswellia, curcumen), antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, polyphenols,), insulin-mimicking agents (cinnamon, Banaba), analgesics (e.g. aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen), and to methods of treating humans and animals by administration of these novel compositions to humans and animals in need thereof.

The technology for producing golden flower Qianliang tea (Hua-juan tea) is characterized in that the technology comprises the process steps as follow: plucking criteria-water removing in high temperature-rolling and shaping-pile-fermentation-dry and adding incense-stems picking and sieving-matching and pile-classificaition and weighting-steam softening-moisture detection-adpressing and sizing-premilary test and baking-cultivating golden flower-aerationagitation. The technology is an improved deep processing technology. The processes of the pile-fermentation and the cultivating golden flower ensure that the appearance of the products is ooiu colour, the interior is brown, and even distributed beneficial organism (namely, golden flower)-eurotium cristatum is clearly saw, the shangse is bright red, the taste is pure and aromatic, and the flower is aromatic, and has the health care functions of promoting sleeping, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, relaxing bowel, slaking thirst and helping produce saliva, antidiabetics, lowering blood pressure, curing bloated, cuing laxness, etc. The technology fully actives microelements such as vitamins contained in tea, mineral composition, 18 amino acid, protein, glucide, folic acid, catchol which are beneficial to human health and easily absorbed, and the cultivation of golden flower has substantial transformation on tea polyphenols, caffeine, and theophylline that are transferred into elements that are beneficial to human health, all ages, expand market, have high cultural value, provide collection opportunity for black tea lovers.

An extract of Puí»er tea is prepared from the Puí»er tea through extracting in hot water, separating liquid from dregs, refining and purifying the liquid, vacuum concentrating by reverse osmosis membrane, adding dextrin and sugar, shaping, and low-temp vacuum drying. Its advantage is no loss in color, smell and taste.

The comprehensive process of extracting tea polysaccharide, tea polyphenol, theanine and coffine from tea includes the following steps: water or organic solvent extraction of tea powder under the action of microwave, concentration, precipitation and water dissolving the extract liquid, salt separating to eliminate protein and separation in gel column and drying to obtain tea polysaccharide; chloroform extraction of the raffinate, ethyl acetate extraction of the chloroform raffinate and drying to obtain tea polyphenol; No. 732 cationic exchange resin extraction of the ethyl acetate raffinate, concentration, crystallization and drying to obtain theanine; and crystallizing and drying the chloroform extract liquid to obtain coffine. The present invention has the advantages of short extraction time, high extraction rate, less loss of active matter, etc.

The present invention provides compositions, methods and kits for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of developing a CNS disorder. In general, the invention involves utilizing caffeine for preventing or alleviating pathological symptoms of a CNS disorder, such as headache, epilepsy, pain, Parkinson's disease, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia, ADD, and ADHD.

Disclosed is a process for extracting tea polyphenol, caffeine as a byproduct thereof and tea polysaccharide from tea, which comprises, (1) extracting active ingredients including tea polyphenol, caffeine and tea polysaccharide from the tea through composite enzymolysis abstraction and water abstraction, (2) filtering the raffinate with hyperfiltration membrane, (3) subjecting the membrane compression liquid to ethanol deposition so as to obtain crude polysaccharides, removing protein and carrying out ethanol deposition, drying to obtain the tea polysaccharides, (4) separating and purifying through second level resin adsorption chromatography, thus obtaining tea polyphenol as well as caffeine as by-product.

An orally or parenterally administered composition for reducing the storage of lipids in a human, the composition comprising: an effective amount of hydroxycitric acid; an effective amount of carnitine; an effective amount of biotin; an effective amount of one or more gluconeogenic substrates selected from the group consisting of: aspartate, lactate, glycerol, and a gluconeogenic amino acid or alphaketo analogue thereof; an effective amount of eicosapentanoic acid; and an effective amount of one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: medium chain triglycerides (MCT) with fatty acid backbones containing 6 to 14 carbon atoms or their individual fatty acid analogues or metabolic precursors, sesame seeds or derivative products, sesamin and/or its epimer episesamin, caffeine, forskolin, 7-keto dehydroepiandrosterone (7-keto DHEA), green tea extract containing epigallocatechingallate (EGCG), capsaicum, and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). The supplement may also be combined with a food, beverage, condiment, spice or salad dressing base to provide a food, beverage, condiment, spice or salad dressing product designed to reduce lipid storage.

The present application discloses methods and compositions for increasing patient tolerability during myocardial imaging comprising the administration of doses of caffeine and one or more adenosine A_2A receptor agonists to a mammal undergoing myocardial imaging.

The invention relates to an establishment method of a caffeine synthetase CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing vector. The method comprises the following steps: designing two target sequences T1 and T2 on the basis of tea tree caffeine synthetase genes; respectively establishing sgRNA expression cassettes of the target sequences T1 and T2; and carrying out enzyme digestion-coupling reaction on a double-element expression vector pYLCRISPR/Cas9P35S-H, the T1sgRNA expression cassette and the T2sgRNA expression cassette so that the T1sgRNA expression cassette and the T2sgRNA expression cassette are connected and inserted into the double-element expression vector, thereby obtaining the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing vector. By taking the tea tree caffeine synthetase as the example, conventional PCR (polymerase chain reaction), Overlapping PCR and Golden Gate Cloning techniques are combined to establish the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing vector comprising the tea tree caffeine synthetase double targets, thereby laying a solid foundation for application of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technique in tea trees, and providing technical supports for the establishment of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing vectors of other plants.

This application discloses a caffeinated drink with cannabinoids, wherein the drink retains its original taste and appearance. This application also discloses coffee powder with cannabinoids, roasted coffee beans with cannabinoids, and loose tea leaf with cannabinoids. Methods to the make and use of the above caffeinated drinks, coffee powder, coffee beans, and loose tea leaf are also disclosed.

A stable composition preferably a refreshing drink for accelerating degradation of alcohol and acetaldehyde in the body, comprises synergistic combination of caffeine, herbs and fructose. Preferably, the composition comprises, Caffeine, Guaranà caffeine, Yerba Matè, Eleutherococcus senticous, Panax ginseng, ginger, Glycyrrhiza glabra (Liquorice Root), fructose and additional ingredients (sugars, flavourings, colourings, vitamins, stabilisers, whole fruit powder and the like), and optionally ginkgo biloba.

The invention relates to a healthy drink, in particular to a drink composition with human immunity strengthening and anti-fatigue functions. The drink composition comprises the following components according to the parts by weight: 0.3-1 of components with the human immunity strengthening function, 0.1-2 of components containing caffeine, 0.00001-10 of amino acid, 0.000001-5 of vitamin, 1-20 of sugar, 0.01-5 of acidity regulator, 40-99 of purified water and a proper amount of flavouring agent. The invention cooperatively strengthens human immunity and anti-fatigue capabilities by the rational proportioning of the components with the human immunity strengthening function, for example, gen-seng and the components containing the caffeine, for example, Guarana, and the function of mutual guiding drug between the two components, thereby achieving the effect that 1+1 is larger than 2.

Compositions with synergistic anti-inflammatory effects in inflammatory diseases resulting from activation and consequent degranulation of mast cells and followed by secretion of inflammatory biomolecules from the activated mast cells, composed of a heavily sulfated, non-bovine proteoglycan such as shark cartilage chondroitin sulfate C, an unrefined olive kernel oil/extract that increases absorption of these compositions in various routes of administration, and one or more of a hexosamine sulfate such as D-glucosamine sulfate, a flavone such as quercetin, S-adenosylmethionine, a histamine-1 receptor antagonist, a histamine-3 receptor agonist, an antagonist of the actions of CRH, caffeine, and a polyamine.

The invention relates to a functional mixture for refreshing and remitting the physical fatigue and the visual fatigue and application thereof. The mixture comprises the components such as taurine, caffeine, green tea extract, American ginseng extract, guarana extract, ginkgo leaf extract, wolfberry extract, lutein, L-carnitine, vitamin B1, nuclear yellow acid, nicotinic acid, vitamin, folic acid, vitamin B, vitamin C, auxiliary materials and the like. The mixture can be used for preparing the functional beverage, the effervescent preparation and the solid beverage electuary. The functional mixture has an application mode which is convenient to carry so as to meet the requirement, has the functions of remitting the physical fatigue and the brain fatigue, adds the nutrients for protecting the vision such as the wolfberry extract and the lutein, is particular suitable for personal who operates a computer for a long time, drivers and students, and plays roles in improving the brain power, protecting the vision, and remitting the physical fatigue and the visual fatigue.

A gum based chewing product, particularly a chewing/bubble gum, contains a synthetic or natural betel nut source, an alkaloid-like composition such as nicotine or other such alkaloids like caffeine, theine etc. from natural or synthetic origin for its source. The product preferably has taste enhancers like lime and/or catechu. A process for preparing the gum based chewing product. The product has improved high smoothness, less saliva generation, excellent overall taste and chewing properties. The gum pieces deliver 1 to 12.6 mg of nicotine per piece.

The invention discloses a device for the rapid NDE (nondestructive examination) of component contents of green tea, which mainly comprises a photoelectric signal examination system and an embedded DSP (Digital Signal Processing) system, wherein the photoelectric signal examination system and the embedded DSP system are both capsulated in an outer casing. The invention can realize the NDE of routine examination items in the green tea, such as amino acid, caffeine, tea polyphenol, moisture, and the like, is rapider and more environment-friendly than the routine physical and chemical inspection of green tea components without carrying out sample pretreatment, and has good examination result repetitiveness and low examination cost.