Plant extract highly concentrated in safranal, production method and uses thereof
AssigneeActiv'inside
InventorsDavid Gaudout, Stephane Rey, Benoit Lemaire, Benjamin Moras, Marion Dumoulin
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Abstract
The invention concerns a plant extract obtained from saffron, with a safranal concentration, measured using the HPLC method, of a minimum of 0.2% in weight relative to the total dry matter weight. The invention also concerns a procedure for obtaining such an extract, as well as compositions including this extract, and its use.
Claims12
A thermally treated, encapsulated plant extract in powder form containing at least 0.2% of safranal by weight as measured by HPLC, the thermally treated encapsulated plant extract obtained by the method comprising:
- a) extracting a plant-based raw material containing safranal, wherein the plant-based raw material is selected from the group consisting of Crocus sativus, Centaurea sibthorpii, Centaurea consanguinea, Centaurea amanicola, Erodium cicutarium, Chinese green tea, Calycopteris floribunda, Crocus heuffelianus, Sambucus nigra, Gardenia jasminoides, Citrus limon, Cuminum cyminum L., and Achillea distans with an extraction solution to provide a liquid extract;
- b) impregnating the liquid extract onto a bulking agent selected from the group consisting of maltodextrin, sugars, silica, and acacia gum to form an encapsulated plant extract;
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- c) subjecting the encapsulated plant extract to thermal treatment.
The thermally treated, encapsulated extract of 1, wherein the thermally treated, encapsulated extract contains a derivative of kaempferol and/or picrocrocin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.