629 results about "Glucomannan" patented technology

A prosthetic device for implantation into a mammalian body comprised of a non-absorbable biocompatible flexible material shell or sac filled with various biocompatible gel filler materials. The gel filler materials are comprised of biocompatible glucomannan obtained from konjac hydrocolloid flour and other biocompatible hydrocolloids, producing a natural look and feel for the prosthetic implants, especially reconstructive prostheses such as breast implants.

A material is provided to give food products sufficient viscosity and stability (heat resistance, stable suspension, etc.). The material is produced from an inexpensive raw material by an economical process. Further, a novel gel containing cellulose as the main component is also provided. The present invention provides a fine fibrous water-dispersible cellulose derived from plant cell walls. For the production, a raw material having specific properties is used, and size reduction is carried out stepwise thereto. The water-dispersible cellulose can also be made into a dry composition by compounding with a water-soluble polymer or the like. This dry composition forms a gel when combined with a polysaccharide such as glucomannan or the like. The gel excels in heat-resistance and shape-retention and can be used to produce to novel food products.

Particles comprising a combination of a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a galactomannan polymer or a glucomannan polymer, wherein the particles comprise a plurality of non-permanent metal crosslinks.

A method for the augmentation of immune function is described. The invention comprises a combination of β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, β-1,3 (4)glucan, diatomaceous earth, mineral clay and glucomannan, which is fed to or consumed by mammalian or avian species in amounts sufficient to augment immune function. The invention described may be admixed with feeds or foods, incorporated into pelleted feeds or foods or administered orally to mammalian and avian species.

A feed nano additive for adsorbing fungal toxin in feed is prepared through proportionally mixing montmorillonite, sodium chloride and water, stirring, water washing, preparing pulp again; adding glucomannan while high-speed stirring, reaction, ageing, water washing, dewatering; drying filter residue and breaking. Its advantages are broad-spectrum adsorption of different toxins, high adsorptive power, no influence of pH value, low residual and low dosage (0.02-0.2%).

A weight-loss supplement comprising a satiety-promoting ingredient that includes a mixture of dietary fibers comprising glucomannan and a gum and; a thermogenic ingredient selected from the group consisting of caffeine, catechin-polyphenol and combinations thereof.

Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration containing a 5-HT.3 receptor antagonist, which is suitable for self-medication because of good preservation stability, low synthesis, good uniformity and good external appearance, and good smoothness in throat, and easiness to be taken. Concretely, it is a jellied pharmaceutical composition for oral administration containing a 5-HT.3 receptor antagonist, a gelatinizing agent, and water; and having a pH of 7 or less. In particular, there is provided the pharmaceutical composition, where the gelatinizing agent is carrageenan, pectin, agar, alginic acid, sodium alginate, gelatin, manna, Kodak, konjakmannan, glucomannan, chitosan, xanthan gum, tamarind seed polysaccharide, gellan gum, karaya gum, or cassia gum, or preferably the pharmaceutical composition further containing a thickener.

A mixed polymer composite fiber including a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a galactomannan polymer or glucomannan polymer.

A fibrous composite, comprising cellulose fibers treated with a first galactomannan polymer or a first glucomannan polymer, the treated fibers having particles attached thereto, the particles comprising carboxyalkyl cellulose, a second galactomannan polymer or a second glucomannan polymer, and a plurality of non-permanent metal crosslinks.

The invention relates to a micromolecular donkey-hide gelatin essence anti-aging facial mask, which contains the following components: glycerin, methylpropanediol, glyceryl polyether-26, 1,2-hexanediol, p-hydroxyacetophenone, butanediol, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, panthenol, xanthan gum, allantoin, carbomer, glycerin polyacrylate, tromethamine, sodium hyaluronate, EDTA disodium, glycerin acrylate / acrylic copolymer, phenoxyethanol, propylene glycol, proplis extract, a PVM / MA copolymer, dipotassium glycyrrhizinate, essence, silk amino acids, beta-glucan, BAMBUSA VULGARIS WATER bambusa vulgaris water, hydrolyzed collagen, rice extract, glycine ussuriensis seed extract, sesame seed extract, chondrus crispus extract, ethylhexylglycerin, polysorbates-20, potassium chloride, locust bean gum,dipotassium phosphate, sodium citrate, hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, glucose, calcium lactate, glucomannan, sodium acetylated hyaluronate and acetyl hexapeptide-8. The micromolecular donkey-hide gelatin essence anti-aging facial mask has the efficacies of supplementing skin nutrition, moisturizing, removing wrinkles and resisting senility.

A method for making particles containing carboxyalkyl cellulose, comprising blending a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a galactomannan polymer or a glucomannan polymer in water to provide an aqueous solution; treating the aqueous solution with a crosslinking agent to provide a gel; drying the gel to provide a solid; comminuting the solid to provide a plurality of particles.

A method for making mixed polymer composite fibers containing cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are dispersed in an aqueous solution comprising a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a galactomannan polymer or a glucomannan polymer in water to provide an aqueous fiber dispersion; the aqueous dispersion treated with a first crosslinking agent to provide a gel; the gel mixed with a water-miscible solvent to provide composite fibers; and the composite fibers treated with a second crosslinking agent to provide crosslinked fibers.

The invention relates to thickening compositions for thickening nutritional products to make the nutritional product suitable for consumption by dysphagia patients, said thickening composition comprising starch, xanthan gum and / or methylcellulose and galactomannan and / or glucomannan.

The invention relates to a novel fish cooked wheaten food and process for its preparation, wherein the preparation comprises the steps of, scaling off the fish, dicing, rinsing, freezing, chopping and grinding into fish pulp, micronizing the fish pulp at low-temperature, charging water swelled konjak glucomannan, ginger ale and mixing homogenously, charging flour and mixing, charging table salt, gourmet powder, edible sodium carbonate, composite phosphates and residue water, then preparing flour, calendaring, chopping and cutting, drying, vacuum-packing, thus obtaining the end product.

The invention relates to nanoparticles used for the administration of active ingredients, the method of producing said nanoparticles and compositions containing same. The inventive nanoparticles comprise a chitosan, glucomannan, at least one active ingredient and, if necessary, an anionic salt, preferably in sodium tripolyphosphate form. Said nanoparticles can be used to administer active ingredients to a human or animal body.

A method for the augmentation of immune function is described. The invention comprises a combination of β-1,3(4)-endoglucanohydrolase, β-1,3(4)glucan, diatomaceous earth, mineral clay and glucomannan, which is fed to or consumed by mammalian or avian species in amounts sufficient to augment immune function. The invention described may be admixed with feeds or foods, incorporated into pelleted feeds or foods or administered orally to mammalian and avian species.

The invention discloses a mold removal agent for animal feed as well as a preparation method and an application of a mold removal agent. The mold removal agent comprises the following components in parts by mass: 50-150 parts of bacillus subtilis, 5-15 parts of lactobacillus acidophilus freeze-dried powder, 0.1-1 part of sodium selenite, 25-55 parts of vitamin E, 100-300 parts of feed active dry yeast, 5-15 parts of glucomannan, 50-150 parts of montmorillonite and 350-700 parts of modified hydration aluminosilicate. The mold removal agent prepared by the method is environment-friendly and pollution-free, has extremely strong adsorption capacity for various common mycotoxin, forms a stable compound, is not absorbed by intestinal tracts and is excreted from a body along with faeces. The mold removal agent disclosed by the invention can be used for detoxicating, inhibiting the growth of mildews, improving the immunity of animals and promoting the growth of the animals.

The present invention provides a wellbore fluid, such as a drilling, completion or workover fluid, said wellbore fluid comprising a glucomannan additive. Further provided is a method of forming a gel plug from the wellbore fluid, a method of modifying the properties of a wellbore fluid, a method of drilling a subterranean hole with such a fluid and the use of glucomannan in wellbore fluids.

The invention relates to an environment-friendly preparation method for a glucomannan sponge. The environment-friendly preparation method aims to overcome the defects of generation of a great deal of alkaline sewage and decolored sewage and severe environmental pollution in the prior technology for producing a konjak sponge for bathing, and provide the environment-friendly preparation method for the glucomannan sponge for bathing, wherein the alkaline sewage and the decolored sewage can not be generated in the manufacturing technique. The environment-friendly preparation method for the glucomannan sponge comprises the following steps: glucomannan is adopted as a raw material and calcium hydroxide is adopted as a gelation-stimulant, and the glucomannan and the calcium hydroxide are weighed in proportion, added into water and uniformly mixed; a mixture is filled into a die which is then placed into a steaming tool for solidification; after the solidification is over, the mixture of the glucomannan and the calcium hydroxide forms monolithic gel; the monolithic gel is frozen, naturally unfrozen after freezing is over, and forms a glucomannan sponge semiproduct after unfreezing; and the semiproduct is subjected to demoulding, dehydration and drying to obtain the finished product of the glucomannan sponge for bathing.

The invention relates to a method for preparing konjac glucomannan and oligo-glucomannan with different molecular weights. The method comprises the following steps of: rapidly adding0.1-30 parts of purified konjac glucomannan into a solution prepared by 0.001-0.01 part of glycoside hydrolase and 10-100 parts of distilled waterunder the stirring condition; reacting for 0.5-72 hours under the condition of the temperature of 30-60 DEG C and the pH of 2.0-10.0; and deactivating enzyme for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath to obtain konjac glucomannan and oligo-glucomannan aqueous solutions with different molecular weights; adding 1-30 parts of peptizing agent for stirring for 0.5-5 hours; depositing konjac glucomannan and oligo-glucomannan molecules with different molecular weights with 10-100 parts of anhydrous ethanol; after centrifugally separating sediments, adding 10-100 parts of anhydrous ethanol for strongly stirring for 0.5-5 hours; repeatedly depositing, centrifuging and stirring for 3-5 times, drying the sediment obtained by last centrifugation in a double-conic vacuum rotary drier; and grinding and screening the sediment to obtain the konjac glucomannan and the oligo-glucomannan. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simplicity, low cost and wide product application.

The invention discloses a selenoglucomannan preparing method, combining the selenium with glucomannan on a certain condition to achieve the purpose of producing selenium-containing selenoglucomannan. It oxidizes the selenium into Se6+ ion water solution by oxidant; takes the Se6+ ion water solution and adds in alcohol and hydrochloric acid, to make the alcohol content in the solution at 5%-10% and hydrochloric acid content at 1% about; adds glucomannan in a seleno-reaction liquor to make seleno reaction; adds in alcohol to deposit selenoglucomannan; separates and dehydrates selenoglucomannan deposit, and then dries to make it at once.

The present invention relates to glucommannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides that possess one or more properties selected from skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of glucomannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides for one or more of skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation agents in a mammal. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation for treating skin of a subject comprising an active component comprising glucomannan in a suitable diluent, excipient or physical form such as dermal scaffold or sponge, the active component being capable of promoting an accumulation of fibroblasts in the skin and stimulating production of collagen in the skin.

The invention provides a health drink that contains compound combined dietary fiber and is made from wheat bran and konjaku flour. The drink in the form of a solid is packed according to the following weight ratio: wheat bran accounts for 10-95% and is mixed with konjaku flour in balancing amount. The invention has the following advanced technological effects: the main constituent of konjak, glucomannan, can produce gel by absorbing water and swelling instantly when the glucomannan dissolves in water, thereby dispersing the wheat bran uniformly into a paste which is smooth and delicate, and being recommended to be consumed in combination with natural flavorings such as cocoa, coffee and the like. Compared with the prior drinks such as slimming tea, the invention solves the long-standing problem that wheat bran is too insoluble to be directly processed for drinks. More importantly, the invention has the following characteristics: as wheat bran fiber and konjaku flour fiber are capable of swelling rightly after absorbing water, only a small quantity of the health drink is enough to make people feel full, thereby preventing people from eating too much; and as wheat bran fiber and konjaku flour fiber are highly impermeable, the small intestine secrets more enzymes, so that waste deposit settled on the intestinal wall can be removed out of the human body as soon as possible. The invention has the advantages that the health drink is easy to carry and consumer-friendly. Moreover, the health drink can be considered as an alternative to drinks such as milk, soy-bean milk, coffee and the like during the breakfast time, but also is a good option prior to dinner, thereby achieving the purpose of losing weight without causing any side effects (such as exhaustion, fatigue and the like because of starvation diet, diarrhea and excessive physical activities).

A glucomannan-nano selenium composition is composed of glucomannan and red nano selenium, and is prepared through reaction of refined (or ordinary) konjak starch on Se compound. It features its medical action of regulating immunity, beautifying face, delaying sanility, and preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease.

The invention provides a preserving agent for litchi and a preparation method of the preserving agent for litchi and relates to the technical field of vegetable and fruit preservation. The preserving agent comprises the following raw materials in percentages by weight: 0.5-1.2% of traditional Chinese medicine extract solution, 0.2-0.5% of sucrose ester, 0.3-0.5% of sodium chloride, 0.5-0.8% of konjak glucomannan, 0.2-0.3% of nanometer TiO2 and water accounting for all the rest percentages; the traditional Chinese medicine extract solution comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 5-10 parts of pumpkin seeds, 3-6 parts of pseudolaricis, 3-6 parts of radix gentianae, 2-5 parts of aloes, 2-5 parts of Chinese honey locusts and 2-5 parts of ulmus macrocarpa hance. The Chinese herbal medicines are used as raw materials of the preserving agent; the Chinese herbal medicines are used as antimicrobial substances, the konjak glucomannan is used as film-forming substance, the sucrose ester is used as emulsifier, the sodium chloride is used for sterilizing and color-protecting and the nanometer material is used as excipient, so that the preserving agent for litchi is obtained. The preserving agent for litchi is capable of preventing litchi from browning and rotting, so that commodity rate of the litchi is raised.

A method for processing purified konjac flour comprises twelve steps of material selection, swelling, extraction, material placing in a low temperature oxygen-free room, grinding, dehydration, dehumidification drying, dry grinding, winnowing, sieving, checkout and homogeneous warehousing. The method for processing the purified konjac flour has the advantages that the swelling and the extraction can enable impurities in the konjac flour to be soluble in impregnation liquid and accordingly separated out, the activity of polyphenol oxidase can be restrained and brown stain can be prevented through processing in the low temperature oxygen-free room. Starch and the impurities attached to glucomannan particles can be further peeled off through the grinding, and then the impurities are removed through the dehydration. Heating can be avoided and brown stain, gelatinization and adhesion can be prevented through the dehumidification drying. By means of the grinding in the low temperature environment, the ragility of konjac particles can be improved, the impurities can be easily separated, and small particles can be obtained. Various levels of purified konjac flour meeting the national requirements is obtained after the sieving. Therefore, produced purified konjac flour does not contain sulfur, is free of brown stain, gelatinization and adhesion and is pure white, and the product quality is improved.

The invention relates to an amorphophallus glucomannan drying agent which consists of amorphophallus glucomannan, propenoic acid, sodium hydroxide, ethanol, hydrochloric acid, potassium persulfate, N,N-methylene-bisacrylamide, calcium chloride and water. The preparation method of the drying agent comprises the steps of: preparing deacetylation amorphophallus glucomannan and deacetylation amorphophallus glucomannan-propenoic acid copolymer; mixing the deacetylation amorphophallus glucomannan and the deacetylation amorphophallus glucomannan-propenoic acid copolymer according to a proportion; andcrushing and pelleting after expansion. The drying agent has the advantages of reasonable formula, low cost, strong water absorption, safety, no toxicity, no harm to skin and eyes, biodegradability and the like, and can be widely applied to the fields such as food, medicine, chemical industry and the like.