466 results about "Plant sterols" 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 refers to a process for fractionating a vegetable oil giving one or more solid fractions suitable for confectionary applications as well as a liquid fraction rich in unsaponifiable biologically active components. The liquid fractions of shea butter and rapeseed oil having a high content of phytosterols and tocoferols, respectively, are useful for cosmetical and pharmaceutical preparations.

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 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 present invention provides fatty acid balanced health blend oil, which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.01 to 2 percent of oryzanol and 0.1 to 2 percent of phytosterin. The proportion of saturated fatty acid to monounsaturated fatty acid to polyunsaturated fatty acid is (0.2 to 0.9) to 1 to 1, and the proportion of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid is (3-8) to 1. The oryzanol and the phytosterin are from rice oil, or are exogenously fed, and at least a part of phytosterin can be replaced by phytosterin acetate. The fatty acid balanced health blend oil also can comprise at least one kind of antioxidant. The fatty acid proportion of the fatty acid balanced health blend oil is reasonable, and the fatty acid balanced health blendoil is beneficial for the health of the human body, in particular, the fatty acid balanced health blend oil can reduce blood fat and cholesterin and improve the vegetative nerve function of human bodies. The fatty acid balanced health blend oil has convenient preparation and is suitable for large-scale commercial production.

Production of unsaturated fatty acid plant sterol ester is carried out by alcoholysis reacting for glycerin trilaurate of vegetable oil under action of methanol and catalyst to obtain fatty acid methyl ester, ester exchange reacting for fatty acid methyl ester and plant sterol under action of catalyst, removing un-reacted methanol and fatty acid methyl ester to obtain crude unsaturated fatty acid plant sterol ester, de-coloring and deodorizing to obtain the refined final product. It's cheap, harmless and non-toxic and can be used in food-industry production.

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 discloses an itching-relieving body wash and a preparation method thereof. The itching-relieving body wash comprises the raw materials of, by mass, 1.0-20.0% of an amphoteric surfactant, 6.0-20.0% of an anionic surfactant, 0.5-8.0% of a non-ionic surfactant, 0.1-8.0% of a polyol humectant, 0.5-2.0% of a traditional Chinese medicine extract, 0.1-2.0% of a moisture, 0.01-2.0% of phytosterol, 0.01-0.5% of a chelating agent, 0-2.0% of a pearlescent agent, 0-2.0% of a viscosity adjusting agent, 0-0.5% of a conditioning agent, 0-0.5% of a foam stabilizing agent, 0-0.5% of an essence, 0-0.2% of a pH adjusting agent, 0-0.8% of a preservative, and balance of deionized water. The traditional Chinese medicine extract comprises a mixture of a purslane extract and a common cnidium fruit extract. The itching-relieving body wash has excellent antihistamine, antibacterial, bacteria-inhibiting, anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic effects.

Personal care compositions containing at an alpha-glucan and / or beta-glucan; at least one additional skin and / or hair care active selected from the group consisting of sugar amine, vitamin B3, retinoids, peptides, phytosterol, dialkanoyl hydroxyproline, hexamidine, salicylic acid, n-acyl amino acid compounds, sunscreen actives, water soluble vitamins, oil soluble vitamins, hesperedin, mustard seed extract, glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid, carnosine, Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA), menthyl anthranilate, cetyl pyridinium chloride, ergothioneine, vanillin or its derivatives, diethylhexyl syrinylidene malonate, melanostatine, sterol esters, tetrahydrocurcumin, their derivatives, their precursors, and combinations thereof; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.

The invention discloses a moisturizing repair composition containing ceramide and phytosterol and a preparation method thereof and belongs to the field of cosmetics. The moisturizing repair composition is prepared from the following components in percent by mass: 0.01-5% of ceramide, 0.1-0.5% of phytosterol, 0.1-10% of shea butter, 0.5-10% of hydroxyethylurea, 0.1-6% of ammonium lactate, 1-30% ofa polyhydric alcohol moisturizing agent, 1-5% of an emulsifier, 1-20% of skin moistening grease, a proper amount of a thickener, essence and a preservative and the balance water, totaling 100%. The composition is an emulsified body which contains ceramide as the primary natural moisturizing factor of human skin and phytosterol and shea butter originated from plants, so that the composition has good moisturizing and repairing action, can keep the skin moisten and flexible and smooth, and can resist damage of outside severe climate environment to the skin.

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 a cleansing oil, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 50-85 parts of grease, 5-30 parts of a polyglycerol emulsifying agent, 0.1-3 parts of phytosteryl / docosyl / octyldecanol lauryl glutamate, 0.1-4 parts of glyceryl behenate / eicosadioate, 0.1-5 parts of water, 0.01-0.2 part of an antioxidant, 0.01-0.2 part of a skin conditioner, 0.01-1.0 part of an essence, and 0.001-2 parts of a plant extractive solution. Through the addition of the special content of phytosteryl / docosyl / octyldecanol lauryl glutamate and the special content of glyceryl behenate / eicosadioate into plant-derived polyglycerol emulsifying agent and grease, the cleansing oil of the invention has excellent moisturizing and skin caring effects, but is not greasy, and does not cause skin allergy and irritation. Meanwhile, the cleansing oil has thixotropic property, so as to provide unique silk-like feeling during face skin massage.

The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine compound leaf fertilizer for winter wheat and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine compound leaf fertilizer for winter wheat is prepared from seaweed, pyrethrum, radix aconiti kusnezoffii, pepper leaves, mint leaves, phytosterol, fulvic acid, ascorbic acid, chitooligosaccharide, abamectin, monopotassium phosphate, urea, boric acid, calcium superphosphate, microelements, a chelating agent, a bonding agent, an emulsifying agent, a dispersing agent, a stabilizing agent and a penetrating agent. The traditional Chinese medicine compound leaf fertilizer for winter wheat contains a seaweed extracting solution, multiple microelements, traditional Chinese medicines, phytosterol and the like, is reasonable in nutrient formula and has sterilization and deinsectization functions, physiological diseases that easily occur to winter wheat can be prevented, and the resistance of crops is enhanced; the preparation method is simple; nutrients are released in a balanced manner; the traditional Chinese medicine compound leaf fertilizer for winter wheat has the functions of fertilizer efficiency, sterilization and deinsectization and is sufficient in fertilizer efficiency and high in utilization rate of fertilizer, and the yield increasing effect is obvious.

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 relates to a composite microorganism ferment material which is characterized in that production strains select production strains of which the growth rate is quick and the enzyme production quantity is large by combining with through ray inducement and production performance detection. The processing technique employs innovative symbiosis compatibility design of probiotics and multi-compound fermentation technology, the number of the live probiotics in the products achieves five billion per gram, and the products simultaneously contain polyoses, polypeptide, organized enzyme, organic acid, phytosterin, triterpennoids saponin and the like active metabolite. Specific enzyme producing inducer is added to growth medium, the latest single creature venting valve is employed on the package, which not only can be added to complete feed of livestock or poultry but also can be directly added into feedstuff, thereby effectively promoting breakdown and absorption of giant molecule nutrient substance in the intestinal canal of livestock or poultry, thereby eliminating the action of anti-nutritional factors in the feedstuff, remarkably increasing utilization ratio of the feedstuff, and reducing the feeding cost.

The invention discloses a skin barrier repairing preparation. The preparation is prepared from the following components: deionized water, sucrose stearate, phytosteryl isostearate, vitamin E, glycerinum, butylene glycol, 1,2-pentylene glycol, octyldodecanol, polydimethylsiloxane, hydrogenated polyisobutene, oleic acid, linoleic acid, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 6II, sodium hyaluronate, xanthan gum, disodium EDTA, acrylates C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosslinked polymer, allantoin and sorbitan caprylate. The invention further provides a method for preparing the skin barrier repairing preparation. According to the preparation method, the problem of dissolving compound ceramide can be solved, the impact of ceramide crystallization on stability under a low-temperature condition can be reduced, the stability of the preparation can be improved, and other skin repairing components can be added and compounded with the compound ceramide. The skin barrier repairing preparation has an excellent product formula stability and a multiple repairing effect on the skin barrier.

The invention relates to vegetable oil products, including palm oil products, containing one or more constituents from a group which includes monoacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, triacylglycerols, carotenes, tocols, phytosterols, squalene and free fatty acids, from vegetable oil sources and a process for the production thereof by using supercritical fluid extraction.

This invention publishes a phytosterol extract from bamboo shoots, its preparation method and application. The phytosterol extract from bamboo shoots mentioned in this invention contains 5~50% sterols, 10~40% of which is beta-sitosterol. The ratio between beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol is 10~40:1~3:2~5. The phytosterol extract from bamboo shoots mentioned in this invention performs significant anti-inflammatory and leukemia histiocytosis inhibitory activities and is thus applicable in cosmetics, foods, health products and medicines.

A composition of at least one diacylglycerol and at least one phytosterol and / or phytostanol ester dissolved or dispersed in an edible oil and / or edible fat, and further optionally containing monoglycerides. Phytosterol esters may be beta-sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol and brassicasterol esters. Phytostanol esters may be stigmasterol, campestanol and sitostanol. The phytosterol and / or phytostanol esters are preferably esters of C14-C22, preferably C16-C18 saturated or unsaturated fatty acids, particularly oleic, linoleic, linolenic, palmitic and stearic acids. The diacylglycerol(s) are preferably 1,3-di-fatty acyl glycerol(s). A process for preparing compositions enriched with triacylglycerol(s) and phytosterol and / or phytostanol esters of mainly unsaturated fatty acid(s) or of mainly saturated fatty acid(s). Dietary food supplements and alimentary products derived from the above compositions.

A method of preparing phytosterols from tall oil pitch containing steryl esters comprises the steps of converting the steryl esters to free phytosterols while in the pitch to produce a modified pitch containing the free phytosterols; removing light ends from the modified pitch by evaporation to produce a bottom fraction containing the free phytosterols; evaporating the bottom fraction to produce a light phase distillate containing the free phytosterols; dissolving the light phase distillate in a solvent comprising an alcohol to produce a solution containing the free phytosterols; cooling the solution to produce a slurry with the free phytosterols crystallized in the slurry; and, washing and filtering the slurry to isolate the crystallized phytosterols.

A method for separating and extracting vegetable sterol and Vitamin E from soybean deodorization distillate is carried out by extracting for soybean deodorization distillate by supercritical fluid, refluxing while dissolving for extract at acetone boiling-point temperature, lowering temperature to room temperature, crystallizing, keeping temperature, abstraction filtering to obtain sterol crystal, methyl esterifying, alcoholyzing, decompress distilling, and collecting fraction at 190-210 degree to obtain fraction Vitamin E. Main component of the extract is sterol with Vitamin E. It's cheap, simple, and efficient and has more yield.