Fulvic Acid Extraction of Plant and Animal Extracts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional extraction methods for natural compositions often degrade beneficial components like nutrients, vitamins, and enzymes due to the use of heat or undesirable additives, and introduce impurities, limiting the effectiveness of achieving desired health benefits from plant and animal materials.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the use of a fulvic acid solution to extract natural materials without heat or additional chemical agents, where the solution is poured, dripped, or sprinkled over the materials, and can be repeated multiple times, with optional submersion or agitation, to produce a high-quality extract while preserving nutritional components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional extraction methods using heat or chemical additives are used, then extraction efficiency is improved, but beneficial components like nutrients, vitamins, and enzymes are degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the extraction medium by using fulvic acid solution instead of conventional solvents, and changes the thermal parameters by eliminating heat application. This allows effective extraction while preserving heat-sensitive and chemically sensitive beneficial components.
Solution Approach 2:
Fulvic acid acts as an intermediary substance that facilitates the extraction process without degrading the target compounds. It serves as a gentle solvent that can extract beneficial components while maintaining their structural integrity, unlike harsh chemical solvents or heat.
2Productivity
If conventional extraction methods using alcohol or acids are used, then extraction efficiency is improved, but impurities are introduced into the extract
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the potential harm of chemical extraction into a benefit by using fulvic acid, which is a natural substance that occurs in nature. Instead of introducing harmful impurities through alcohol or acid extraction, the fulvic acid solution provides a clean extraction medium that can be easily removed or degraded, leaving no harmful residues.
Solution Approach 2:
The fulvic acid solution acts as a disposable extraction medium that performs its function effectively and then can be easily discarded or removed without leaving persistent impurities. The extract can be separated from the fulvic acid, leaving a clean final product.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method effectively extracts beneficial components from natural materials without degradation, reducing impurities and maintaining the structural and nutritional integrity of the extracts, allowing for efficient production of high-quality natural extracts.
Implementation Method 1
contacting the natural material with a fulvic acid solution
Implementation Method 2
fulvic acid solution as well as the extracts produced utilizing the disclosed methods
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AI summary
The present disclosure is drawn to methods for producing natural extracts utilizing fulvic acid solutions as well as the extracts produced utilizing the disclosed methods. The method provides for selecting natural material(s) for extraction and contacting the natural material with a fulvic acid solution. In some embodiments the contacting can occur by pouring, dripping, sprinkling, submersing, or substantially submersing the natural material with the fulvic acid solution.