Composition comprising cashew apple extract
AssigneesCentre De Cooperation Internale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Developpement, Dialpha
InventorsNicolas Chapel, Max Reynes, Vickram Beejmohun, Manuel Dornier
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Abstract
The invention concerns a cashew apple extract and a composition comprising a cashew apple extract and optionally a carrier, in particular for use for allowing reduction of body weight gain or limitation of increasing body weight, reduction or limitation of fat storage, of fatty liver, of liver triglycerides level, of hypertriglyceridemia, of glycemia level, of insulinemia, of insulin resistance, and/or of one or several factors of metabolic syndrome.
Claims16
Cashew apple extract comprising a total amount of cinnamic acid derivatives, quercetin derivatives and myricetin derivatives of at least 2 g/kg of the extract.
Method for extracting cashew apple comprising:
- a) contacting cashew apples with 2 to 20 times their weight with an extraction solvent at a temperature above 35° C.,
- b) filtering out the solids and collecting the solvent extract,
- c) washing the wet solid by stirring with an extraction solvent,
- d) filtering the solids and collecting the solvent extract,
- e) combining the extraction solutions and removing non-soluble residues,
- f) evaporating the solvents, and
- g) recovering the dry extract.
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