# US 10,869,495 B2 · Functional composition for improvement and prevention of estrogen deficiency in menopausal women

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- Number: US 10,869,495 B2
- Document ID: US10869495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/748,502
- Filed: 2015-10-19
- Published: 2018-07-19
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2015-10-19
- Assignees: Famenity Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Famenity Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ji Won Lee; Sung Su Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10869495B2

## CPC

- A23L 33/105: Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives
- A23L 19/00: Products from fruits or vegetables; Preparation or treatment thereof (marmalades, jams, jellies or the like A23L21/10; treating harvested fruit or vegetables in bulk A23N)
- A23L 33/10: using additives (addition of substantially indigestible substances A23L33/21)
- A23L 33/40: {Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula}
- A61K 36/28: Asteraceae or Compositae (Aster or Sunflower family), e.g. chamomile, feverfew, yarrow or echinacea
- A61K 36/286: Carthamus (distaff thistle)
- A61K 36/53: Lamiaceae or Labiatae (Mint family), e.g. thyme, rosemary or lavender
- A61P 5/30: Oestrogens
- B01D 11/02: of solids
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- A23V 2200/00: Function of food ingredients
- A23V 2200/30: Foods, ingredients or supplements having a functional effect on health
- A23V 2250/21: Plant extracts
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)
- A61P: SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
- B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28)
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a food composition for improvement and prevention of estrogen deficiency, the composition containing a thistle extract or a thistle and thyme complex extract as an active ingredient. The present invention has advantages of alleviating estrogen deficiency in climacteric women and improving symptoms caused by estrogen deficiency, such as facial flushing, sweating, fatigue, anxiety, depression, memory impairment, insomnia, increased blood cholesterol, weight gain, and reduced bone density.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A composition which is effective for improving the blood lipid content in a human, improving hyperlipidemia in a human caused by the blood lipid content in a human, and improving estrogen deficiency in a human consisting essentially of dextrin, thistle extract, thyme extract and a solvent selected from the group consisting of acetone, ether, benzene, chloroform, ethyl acetate, methylene chloride, hexane, cyclohexane and petroleum ether.