1111 results about "Phytosterol" patented technology

Skin care compositions containing N-acyl amino acid, particularly N-acyl derivatives of Phenylalanine or Tyrosine, their isomers, or their salts; at least one other skin care active selected from sugar amines, vitamin B3, retinoids, peptides, dialkanoyl hydroxyproline, hexamidine, salicylic acid, and phytosterol; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier for the N-acyl amino acid and the skin care active. The invention further relates to methods for regulating the condition of mammalian keratinous tissue wherein the methods each comprise the step of topically applying to the keratinous tissue of a mammal needing such treatment, a safe and effective amount of the skin care composition of the invention.

The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes micronutrients to facilitate reduction of cholesterol, and / or reduction of homocystein and / or reduction of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation in humans. In one embodiment the supplement is a multi-vitamin, a mineral supplement which includes at least one component known to reduce cholesterol. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.

The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as phytosterols, phytostanols, esters thereof, or combinations thereof. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and / or a more sugar-like flavor profile.

A delivery system for nutraceuticals uses a low caloric chocolate base for containing one or more nutraceuticals, either blended with the chocolate itself, or added as a liquid or crème filling. The chocolate has a relatively high level of oligomeric proanthocyanadins, and preferably further includes a phytosterol and DHA, as well as being sweetened with a sweetener blend containing tagatose and a secondary low caloric, high intensity sweetener, preferably Lo Han Guo extract. Using the inventive system, delivery of nutraceuticals in unit dosage form is facilitated, as the selected dose is carried within individual chocolate product pieces that taste substantially the same as conventional chocolate, though with few calories from carbohydrates, or effects on insulin response encountered with typical chocolate formulations.

The invention discloses whitening and freckle-removing cream and a preparation method thereof. The whitening and freckle-removing cream comprises water, butanediol, caprylic / capric triglyceride, isohexadecane, glycerol, cyclopentasiloxane, butyrspermum parkii butter, trehalose, cetearyl olivate, sorbitan olivate, cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, magnolia sieboldii extract, citrus peel extract, hydrogenated lecithin, phytosterol, bisabolol, tocopheryl acetate, glycyrrhiza glabra root extract, thymus serpyllum extract, panthenol, sodium hyaluronate and the like. The whitening and freckle-removing cream disclosed by the invention can be used for inhibiting tautomerase activity of tyrosinase and dopachrome and hindering polymerization of DHI; the formation of melanin in a body is inhibited, the regeneration capability of pigment cells is improved, the pigment deposition is reduced and pigment cell detachment is promoted; the self-immunity of the cells is enhanced, and the skin elasticity and a metabolism function are improved; and the self-protection capability of skins is improved and the safe whitening and freckle-removing effects are realized.

The invention relates to a method for preparing blend oil and cold-pressing and extracting peony seed oil. The method comprises the following steps: collecting and dehulling seeds, cold-pressing and secondary-filtering, producing and filling the blend oil. The invention has a simple oil-extracting process and reduces the loss of active components in oil-extracting process. Cold pressing temperature is low so that phospholipid, pigment, and the like hardly enter oil, and the cold pressing oil has lighter color and lower phospholipid content and can achieve a new international four class oil standard only by mechanical filtration instead of any chemical refining. Cold pressing rap oil has high nutritive and healthcare values because thermosensitive alpha-tocopherol and phytosterols are fullyremained, active protein and other active components in peony seeds are remained so as to creates advantages for further developing new purposes of the seeds; no refining sewage is discharged in thecold pressing production process, therefore, the pollution controlling cost is lowered and the environmental protection is favorable.

The present invention is directed to a process to remove impurities from triacylglycerol oil including mixing the oil and a fluidic agent, pumping the mixture through a flow-through hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus at a pre-determined inlet pump pressure, creating hydrodynamic cavitation in the mixture, maintaining the hydrodynamic cavitation for a pre-determined period of time, moving the impurities from the oil to the fluidic agent, and then separating the fluidic agent from the oil. The impurities can include phytosterols, sterol glucosides, acylated sterol glucosides, in which case the fluidic agent is water, an alkali hydroxide, an inorganic base, an organic base, phosphoric acid, citric acid, acetic acid or a mixture thereof. The impurities may also include phosphatides, in which case and the fluidic agent comprises water and an enzyme such as phospholipase, a lipid acyltransferase or a mixture thereof.

The invention relates to a method for extracting squalene from vegetable oil deodorized distillate. A process method of combining molecular distillation with extraction and crystallization is used to extract high-concentration squalene and recover natural vitamin E and phytosterol with a certain purity from vegetable oil deodorized distillate. The method comprises the following steps of: carryingout a saponification reaction of the raw material; twice molecularly distilling unsaponifiable matter obtained by extraction; using the distillate obtained during the second distilling as a raw material for cold crystallization to obtain phytosterol; recovering squalene and mixed tocopherol from the filtrate; and extracting with multi-stage solvents to respectively enrich squalene and vitamin E in two phases. The process has simple flows, low-prices raw material and higher separation efficiency and recovery rate and comprehensively utilizes useful contents in the deodorized distillate.

The present invention is directed to soft gel compositions, methods of delivery and packaged nutraceuticals of the soft gel compositions that include at least one polymethoxylated flavone and, optionally, at least one tocotrienol. Optional active ingredients include a phytosterol, DHA, EPA, coenzyme Q-10 or an analog thereof and mixtures thereof.

The invention provides a composition and a method for lowering blood serum cholesterol levels or for preventing elevated blood serum cholesterol levels, as well as suitable composition comprising (a) one or more phytosterols and / orphytostanols or a mixture thereof capable of reducing cholesterol absorption in the intestine, (b) a composition capable of inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis, and (c) a composition capable of increasing cholesterol metabolism, wherein at least one of compositions b. and c. is preferably derived from plants.

This invention relates to certain sugar esters of phytosterols of formula (I). These esters are useful for topical application, and for the treatment of skin condition, including age spots, acne, loss of cellular antioxidants, collagen loss, loss of skin pliability, loss of skin suppleness, skin wrinkles including fine lines, oxidation, damage from radiation, malfunction of matrix metalloproteases, malfunction of tyrosinases, damage from free radicals, damage from UV, dry skin, xerosis, ichthyosis, dandruff, brownish spots, keratoses, melasma, lentigines, liver spots, pigmented spots, dark circles under the eyes, skin pigmentation including darkened skin, blemishes, oily skin, warts, eczema, pruritic skin, psoriasis, inflammatory dermatoses, topical inflammation, disturbed keratinization, skin changes associated with aging, nail or skin requiring cleansers, conditioning or treatment, and hair or scalp requiring shampooing or conditioning, and combinations thereof;Wherein,n=0, 1, 2, or 3; andR=H, —CH2OH, —CH(OH)—CH2OH, —CH(OH)—CH(OH)—CH2OH; andR1=Substituent selected from a sapogenin, steroid, or terpenoid.

An encapsulated material containing an oxidation-sensitive core is covered by at least a dried phospholipid layer, and contains at least one phytosterol in the core, the phospholipid layer or in a further layer or layers. By using microencapsulation, oxidatively unstable materials may be provided with a synthetic protective barrier and rendered less susceptible to oxidative degradation.

The invention is a cosmetic or dermatological preparation comprising taurine and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of phytosterols, ceramides, long-chain fatty acids, and cholesterol. The invention also includes a method of strengthening the skin barrier comprising applying to the skin a preparation comprising taurine and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of phytosterols, ceramides, long-chain fatty acids, and cholesterol. The invention also includes methods of moisturizing the skin, improving the microtopography of the skin, improving the elasticity of the skin, treating or preventing functional disorders of skin appendages, treating or preventing the symptoms of skin ageing, and treating or preventing the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation on the skin comprising applying the preparation.

Skin protectant compositions that are free of cholesterol and suitable for topical application to skin of a mammal. In a preferred embodiment, these skin protectant compositions comprise a ceramide; a squalane; a phytosterol-containing liposome; a phospholipid-containing ingredient; at least one triglyceride; and at least one dermatologically acceptable excipient. These compositions are capable of restoring or repairing a skin lipid barrier of a mammal, and treating skin conditions associated therewith.

The present invention relates to a topical skin care composition containing a safe and effective amount of a skin care active comprising agmatine, and its salt; a safe and effective amount of a first additional skin care active selected from the group consisting of BHT or BHA, hexamidine, cetyl pyridinium chloride, green tea catechins, phytosterols, ursolic acid, compounds derived from plant extracts, their salts and derivatives; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier for the agmatine composition. The present invention also relates to methods of using such agmatine compositions to regulate hair growth and the condition of mammalian skin. Said methods generally comprise the step of topically applying the composition to the skin of a mammal needing such treatment, a safe and effective amount of such compositions.

The invention discloses an emollient lotion for moisturizing skin and controlling oil. The emollient lotion is prepared from the following components in percentage by mass: 0.1-5% of hydrogenated phosphatidylcholine, 0.1-5% of phytosterol, 0.001-1% of ceramide, 0.1-5% of silica, 2-20% of humectant, 2-20% of grease, 0.1-1% of thickening agent, 0.5-5% of emulsifying agent, 0.1-0.6% of preservative and the balance of distilled water. The emollient lotion has efficient moisture retention and can be used for enhancing the protection mechanism of the skin, promoting the metabolism of cell membranes of the skin and achieving the aims of improving dry skin as well as relieving and repairing the skin.

The invention discloses a method for preparing antibiotic substituent for feed by probiotic asynchronous fermentation of Chinese herbal medicine, belonging to the field of food nutrition and the technical fields of microorganisms and feed. The method comprises the following steps: extracting Chinese herbal medicine by adopting asynchronous fermentation and enzymolysis technologies, namely adding water and nutritive salt in proportion to prepare a Chinese herbal medicine fermentation liquid after a plurality of Chinese herbal medicines are subjected to impurity removal and super-micro smashing; firstly inoculating Aspergillus niger for aerobic fermentation, thus cellulose and pectinase are prepared; and then inoculating enterococcus faecium and lactobacillus plantarum for anaerobic fermentation; and then carrying out enzymolysis on damage cell walls, and dissolving out active substances of saponin, alkaloid, phytosterol, enzymic preparations, organic acid and the like. A plate-and-frame filter press is adopted to filter the fermentation liquid, the filtration liquid is directly subjected to low-temperature spray drying to prepare antibiotic substituent powder A; a filtration cake is dried by adopting a roller drier to prepare antibiotic substituent powder B, and the power A and the powder B are mixed and formulated in proportion to replace fermented enzymolysis Chinese herbal medicine extracts of antibiotic for feed.

The invention discloses a method for sequentially extracting tea saponin and tea seed oil from oil-tea camellia seeds. A biological enzymatic hydrolysis method is firstly adopted for extracting tea saponin from shelled oil-tea camellia seed powder, and a water extraction method is further adopted for extracting the tea seed oil from desaponification residues. The process for extracting the tea saponin through the biological enzymatic hydrolysis method comprises the steps of cleaning, husking, crushing, fixing, homogenizing, performing enzymatic hydrolysis, performing coarse filtration through plate-frame filter cloth, and performing fine filtration through a miccroporous membrane. The process for extracting the tea seed oil through the water extraction method comprises the steps of ultrasonic vibration extraction and centrifugal separation. According to the method, the extraction efficiency of the tea saponin can be more than 90%, and the extraction efficiency of the tea seed oil can be more than 90%. The whole process flow is performed at low temperature, so that natural activity of the tea saponin, as well as vitamin E, phytosterol, squalene, natural flavor ingredients and the like in the tea seed oil are effectively protected. The foaming property and foam stability of the tea saponin prepared by the process are better in comparison with a traditional extraction method, the prepared tea seed oil has excellent quality, and the national pressed first-class tea seed oil standard can be achieved only by simple refining.

The invention provides a weight-losing food with balanced nutrition, containing the following components of: soybean isolate protein expanded grains, maltitol liquid, water-soluble dietary fiber, concentrated lactalbumin, glycerol, fish collagen protein, phytosterol, quick-freezing blueberry grains, Arabic gum, sodium caseinate and compound vitamin. The weight-losing bar has the advantages of good taste and high protein content; the weight-losing food bar can enhance the satiety and also can supplement the protein; and meanwhile, functional food raw materials including the fish collagen protein, the phytosterol and the like, the compound vitamin and the like are added, so as to achieve the aim of healthily losing the weight of a consumer.

A process of fermenting a phytosterol composition to produce androstenedione (androst-4-ene-3,17-dione) and subsequently androstadienedione (and rosta-1,4-diene,3,17-dione) comprises propagating a microbial culture of the genus Mycobacterium in a first nutrient medium, placing the microbial culture and the phytosterol composition in a bioreactor for a sufficient time to transform the composition substantially to androstenedione (the "AD solution"), propagating a fungal culture of the genus Fusarium in a second nutrient medium, and then injecting one or more of 1) Fusarium sp, or 2) the fungal culture medium into the bioreactor for a sufficient time to transform the AD solution to androstadienedione.

The diet food of this invention having effects to reduce body weight and prevent / improve obesity and atherosclerotic or metabolic disorders includes an ω-3 PUFA or an ω-6 PUFA, and at least one of L-arginine, L-ornithine, an L-arginine precursor and an L-ornithine precursor, and further includes diacylglycerol, a middle or short chain fatty acid, a phytosterol, a nucleo-base, a nucleoside, a nucleic acid, dextrin, various vitamins, various minerals or a probiotics material.

The invention belongs to the field of food processing and particularly relates to a processing method for improving flavor and nutritional quality of colza oil, which is characterized by including the following steps: (1) tempering, leading water mass content of colza oil to be in a range of 9%-20%; (2) preheating treating, performing preheating treating on tempered colza oil and adjusting preheating treating device parameters so as to lead final temperature of materials to reach 100-150 DEG C; (3) cold pressing or peeling cold pressing to obtain cold pressed colza oil crude oil; (4) degumming to obtain degummed oil; and (5) deacidifying to obtain cold pressed colza oil. The colza oil prepared with the method has good and full-bodied flavor, can remain main nutrient substances in the colza oil, such as natural vitamin E, phytosterol and colza polyphenol to the maximum limit, and remarkably improves flavor and nutritional quality of colza oil.

The invention discloses a composite fertilizer which is mainly prepared from amino acid mixture, various nutrient elements, phytosterol dispersant powder, synergist, stabilizer and penetrating agent. The composite fertilizer is a novel phytosterol foliar fertilizer which has the advantages of high efficiency, no toxicity and environment friendliness, not only can promote the growth of plants by over 10 percent, but also causes no environmental pollution.

A nutritional supplement, prepared food product, or direct food additive for ingestion by mammals, and methods for preparing such products, are provided. Products of the invention comprise an oxidation-resistant fat-based composition substantially free of exogenous solubilizing and dispersing agents for phytosterols. The fat-based composition includes greater than 25% and less than 75% by weight of one or more triglyceride-based edible oil or fat, and greater than 25% and less than 75% by weight of one or more non-esterified phytosterols. The fat-based composition, when exposed to air, contains a reduced amount of oxidative by-products compared to a similar fat-based composition lacking non-esterified phytosterols. Also provided are methods for reducing plasma cholesterol in mammals, and methods for protecting plasma lipoproteins and cholesterol from oxidation by ingestion of products of the invention.

The present invention is based on the discovery that parenteral nutrition (PN) induced liver disease, e.g. fatty liver disease, can be prevented and even reversed by administration of primarily omega-3-fatty acid with PN rather than the administration of the standard intravenous lipid emulsions that contain primarily plant derived omega-6 fatty acid. Thus, the present invention provides a method for treating or preventing liver disease in a human patient obtaining nutritional support through PN. The method comprises intravenous administration of an effective amount of an omega-3-fatty acid emulsion to the patient, wherein the patient is not administered phytosterols or plant derived fatty acids, e.g. omega-6 fatty acids derived from a plant source, and wherein the administration of the omega-3-fatty acid emulsion to the patient is for a period greater than three weeks. Preferably, the administration is for a period of greater than six weeks. More preferably, the administration is for a period greater than three months.

The invention discloses cleanser composition with a stable wire drawing effect and a preparation method thereof. The cleanser composition is characterized in that the composition has a wire drawing appearance, the wire drawing effect is long and thin like silk, foams are exquisite, dense, lasting and rich in a using process, and the skin is fresh and moist after the use of the composition; common components such as fatty acid, an amino acid surfactant and phytosterol are selected and used in the composition; when the temperature of a cleanser body of the cleanser composition prepared by an optimal proportional mixing process and an optimized preparation process reaches up to 50 DEG C, the cleanser body is taken out and smeared by hand, the long and thin wire drawing effect can be observed, water is added for rubbing to generate foams, and the foams are exquisite, dense, lasting and rich; after the circulation of high and low temperature from 50 DEG C to 25 DEG C, from 25 DEG C to -15 DEG C and from -15 DEG C to 25 DEG C, the cleanser body is smeared by hand, the long and thin wire drawing effect still can be observed, the water is added for rubbing to generate the foams, and the foams are exquisite, dense, lasting and rich; the usage and high and low-temperature environment transportation conditions are fully met; a test shows that the foams of the cleanser composition are more exquisite, dense, lasting and rich in comparison with a general cleanser; the skin after the use of the cleanser composition is softer and moister. Therefore, the cleanser composition has a good development prospect.

Skin care compositions containing dehydroacetic acid, its isomers, salts, and derivatives thereof; at least two skin care actives selected from sugar amines, vitamin B3 compounds, phytosterols, salicylic acid compounds, hexamidines, dialkanoyl hydroxyproline compounds, flavonoids, n-acyl amino acid compounds, and their derivatives, and combinations thereof; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier for the dehydroacetic acid and the skin care actives. The invention further relates to methods for regulating the condition of mammalian keratinous tissue wherein the methods each comprise the step of topically applying to the keratinous tissue of a mammal needing such treatment, a safe and effective amount of the skin care composition of the invention.

The invention discloses a pesticidal foliage fertilizer, which is prepared by grinding and uniformly mixing gibberellin 3, heteroauxin, brassinolide, abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, zeatin, salicylic acid, 1-aminocyclopropane-carboxylic acid. The fertilizer is a novel phytosterol foliage fertilizer with advantages of high efficiency, no toxicity and environmental friendliness, can promote the growth of plants by over 10 percent, and has no environmental pollution.

Compositions and methods for improving cardiovascular health in the elderly by delivering a selection of essential amino acids, phytosterols, stanols, and isoflavones, which may be supplemented with a low glycemic carbohydrate and / or a medium chain fatty acid.