Method of preparing muira puama extract and its use for decreasing body fat percentage and increasing lean muscle mass
OwnerBruce D. Cherkseyinventor
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Abstract
A method, and related compositions, for reducing body fat percentage, increasing lean muscle mass and/or lowering cholesterol levels in individuals. The method consists of the ingestion of an extract derived from muira puama root, bark or other wood material. A method of preparing the muira puama extract into an easily ingestible and manipulatable solid form, and pharmaceutical compositions for use by mammalian subjects, are also disclosed.
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A solid-form extract of muira puama produced by the steps of (1) extracting a muira puama resin from muira puama wood material by mixing said wood material with an extraction solvent capable of solubilizing said resin, (2) removing non-solubilized wood materials from the extraction solvent mixture, (3) removing said extraction solvent to yield a muira puama resin extract, (4) washing said resin extract in a second solvent in which said resin is substantially insoluble, and (5) drying said washed resin extract to yield a solid-form extract of muira puama.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, an extract of muira puama produced by the steps of (1) extracting a muira puama resin from muira puama wood material by mixing said wood material with an extraction solvent capable of solubilizing said resin, (2) removing non-solubilized wood materials from the extraction solvent mixture, and (3) removing said extraction solvent to yield a muira puama resin extract.
A pharmaceutical composition for oral ingestion comprising a measured portion of an extract of muira puama and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
A kit for use in decreasing body fat percentage, increasing lean muscle mass or lowering the cholesterol level of a mammalian subject, comprising (1) a measured portion of a solid-form muira puama extract and (2) instructions directing the ingestion by the subject of said extract in a repeated series of doses over a period of time sufficient to decrease body fat, increase muscle mass or lower cholesterol levels.
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