Jucara and acai fruit-based dietary supplements
AssigneeK2A LLC
InventorsKenneth A. Murdock, Alexander G. Schauss
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Abstract
The present invention relates to stable, palatable, freeze-dried, fruit-based dietary supplements. Specifically, the inventions relates to compositions of Açai fruit and Jucara fruit with high antioxidant capability and cyclooxygenase-inhibitory activity, and their uses. The invention further provides for methods of making stable, palatable, freeze-dried, fruit-based dietary supplements from Açai fruit and Jucara fruit.
Claims14
A dietary supplement composition, comprising freeze-dried Euterpe edulis (Jucara) fruit pulp, wherein the composition:
- (a) comprises a total anthocyanin concentration greater than about 1 milligram per gram total weight;
- (b) has an ORACFL value greater than about 350 micromole TE per gram total weight;
- and
- (c) has a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight.
A dietary supplement composition, comprising freeze-dried Jucara fruit pulp, wherein the composition:
- (a) has a cyclooxygenase inhibition value greater than about 15 Aspirin® mg equivalent per gram total weight;
- and
- (b) has a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight.
A method of producing a stable and palatable Jucara-based dietary supplement composition, the method comprising the steps of
- (a) harvesting Jucara fruits;
- (b) weighing the Jucara fruits;
- (c) cleaning the Jucara fruits with water;
- (d) washing the Jucara fruits with water at a temperature of about 75 degrees C. to 100 degrees C. for a period of time of about 5 seconds to 10 minutes;
- (e) hulling the Jucara fruits to isolate a Jucara fruit pulp from the Jucara fruits;
- (f) freezing the Jucara fruit pulp to a temperature less than about −5 degrees C.;
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- (g) freeze-drying the Jucara fruit pulp under conditions to yield a granular, freeze-dried Jucara fruit pulp powder with a residual water content of less than 3 weight percent;
- wherein the freeze-dried Jucara fruit pulp powder is more stable and palatable than an Jucara pulp preparation.
A method of preventing or treating a disease or an injury induced by pathological free radical reactions in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of the Jucara-based dietary supplement composition comprising:
- (a) a total anthocyanin concentration greater than about 1 milligram per gram total weight;
- (b) an ORACFL value greater than about 350 micromole TE per gram total weight;
- and
- (c) a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight, wherein the composition quenches free radicals and reduces the damage induced by pathological free radicals;
- or an effective amount of the Jucara-based dietary supplement composition comprising:
- (a) a cyclooxygenase inhibition value greater than about 15 Aspirin® mg equivalent per gram total weight;
- and
- (b) a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight;
- wherein the composition quenches free radicals and reduces the damage induced by pathological free radicals.
A method for alleviating the deleterious effects of pathological free radical reactions in a mammal afflicted with a disease or an injury induced by pathological free radical reactions in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of the Jucara-based dietary supplement composition comprising:
- (a) a total anthocyanin concentration greater than about 1 milligram per gram total weight;
- (b) an ORACFL value greater than about 350 micromole TE per gram total weight;
- and
- (c) a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight, wherein the composition quenches free radicals and reduces the damage induced by pathological free radicals;
- or an effective amount of the Jucara-based dietary supplement composition comprising:
- (a) a cyclooxygenase inhibition value greater than about 15 Aspirin® mg equivalent per gram total weight;
- and
- (b) a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight;
- wherein the composition quenches free radicals and reduces the damage induced by pathological free radicals.
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