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 compositions. 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 compositions from Açai fruit and Jucara fruit.
Claims19
A composition of freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria, the composition consisting essentially of:
- freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria having an anthocyanin concentration greater than 0.5 milligram per gram total weight;
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- freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria having an ORACFL value greater than about 200 micromole TE per gram total weight.
A composition of freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria, the composition consisting essentially of:
- freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria having a cyclooxygenase inhibition value greater than about 15 Aspirin® mg equivalent per gram total weight;
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- freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria fruit pulp having a total anthocyanin concentration greater than 0.5 milligram per gram total weight.
A method of reducing weight a mammal, the method comprising:
- administering to the mammal an effective amount of a composition of freeze-dried Euterpe precatoria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.