DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED LSESr AND METHOD OF MAKING

A method of producing an enhanced lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr), comprising:

• cryogenically milling at a temperature from about -50 to about -30° C.entigrade dried, saw palmetto berries having about 10% to about 13% moisture into a saw palmetto powder having a fineness where about 100% is less than about 4 mesh and about 95% is less than about 12 mesh;
• ageing the saw palmetto powder for at least 15 days at a temperature from a mean of about 59 to about 78° F.;
• subjecting the aged saw palmetto powder to supercritical CO2 extraction at an extraction pressure of about 495 bar to about 695 bar at a temperature of about 77 to about 94° C.entigrade to produce a CO2 extract;
• fractionating the CO2 extract at a first separation pressure of about 126 bar to about 350 bar at a first separation temperature of about 35 to about 85 degrees Centigrade to produce a first fraction, followed by fractionating at about 30 bar to about 80 bar at a temperature of about 12 to about 28° C.entigrade to produce a second fraction, and blending first and second fractions to produce an enhanced LSESr having an enrichment of lauric, myristic, oleic and linoleic free fatty acids to total free fatty acids of about 82.0% to about 84.0%, and a ratio of free fatty acids to total fatty acids of about 80.0% to about 82.0%.

A dietary supplement composition, comprising

• a shelf stable, supercritical CO2 fluid extracted, enhanced lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr), the LSESr comprising:
• an enrichment of lauric, myristic, oleic and linoleic free fatty acids to total free fatty acids greater than about 82.0%;
• and
• a ratio of free fatty acids to total fatty acids greater than about 80.0%.