Preparation of bioactive extracts
OwnerArthur Dale Ericssoninventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to the extraction of biological compounds from plants and animals and to the preparation and tinctures and essences from the extracted materials. The materials are extracted using alcoholic and/or phosphate buffered saline solutions. The extraction step can be performed repeatedly on the residue from the previous step. The rich solution resulting from the extraction can be freeze dried for further use or employed as a fermentation feed. The fermenter product can be freeze dried for further use. The invention also makes use of the residues resulting from the extraction and fermentation reactions.
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A process for extracting an active principal from an animal material found in nature, said process comprising:
- (a) providing an animal material in a finely divided form suitable for extraction;
- (b) extracting the finely divided animal material in an extraction zone using a solvent to produce a rich solvent and an extract residue;
- (c) fermenting a fermentation feed comprising the rich solvent to produce a fermentation broth comprising a fermentation liquid and a fermentation residue;
- (d) separating the fermentation liquid from the fermentation residue;
- (e) concentrating the fermentation liquid to produce a concentrate;
- (f) extracting the extract residue using a solvent to produce a second rich solvent and a second extract residue;
- (g) extracting the second extract residue using a solvent to produce a third rich solvent and a third extract residue;
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- (h) combining the second rich solvent and the third rich solvent together with the rich solvent to form the fermentation feed.
A process for extracting an active principal from an animal material found in nature, said process comprising:
- (a) providing an animal material in a finely divided form suitable for extraction;
- (b) extracting the finely divided animal material in an extraction zone using a solvent to produce a rich solvent and an extract residue;
- (c) fermenting a fermentation feed comprising the rich solvent to produce a fermentation broth comprising a fermentation liquid and a fermentation residue;
- (d) separating the fermentation liquid from the fermentation residue;
- (e) concentrating the fermentation liquid to produce a concentrate;
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- (f) incinerating the extract residue.
A process for extracting an active principal from an animal material found in nature, said process comprising:
- (a) providing an animal material in a finely divided form suitable for extraction;
- (b) extracting the finely divided animal material in an extraction zone using a solvent to produce a rich solvent and an extract residue;
- (c) fermenting a fermentation feed comprising the rich solvent to produce a fermentation broth comprising a fermentation liquid and a fermentation residue;
- (d) separating the fermentation liquid from the fermentation residue;
- (e) concentrating the fermentation liquid to produce a concentrate;
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- (f) incinerating the fermentation residue to produce an ash.
A process for extracting an active principal from an animal material found in nature, said process comprising:
- (a) providing an animal material in a finely divided form suitable for extraction;
- (b) extracting the finely divided animal material in an extraction zone using a solvent to produce a rich solvent and an extract residue;
- (c) fermenting a fermentation feed comprising the rich solvent to produce a fermentation broth comprising a fermentation liquid and a fermentation residue;
- (d) separating the fermentation liquid from the fermentation residue;
- (e) pre-freezing the fermentation liquid to prepare a sublimation feed comprising ice;
- (f) freeze drying the sublimation feed to remove the ice from the sublimation feed and form a low moisture content product and alcoholic vapors;
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- (g) finish drying the low moisture content product under isothermal desorption conditions.
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