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US 6,183,762 B2Granted
Oil body based personal care products
AssigneeSemBioSys Genetics Inc.
InventorsHarm M. Deckers, Gijs van Rooijen, Joseph Boothe, Janis Goll, Maurice M. Moloney
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in various domestic and industrial compositions. The emulsions are especially suited for the preparation of food products, personal care products, pharmaceutical products and industrial products.
Claims23
A method for preparing an emulsion formulation comprising:
- (1) obtaining oil bodies from plant seeds by a method that comprises:
- (a) grinding plant seeds to obtain ground seeds comprising substantially intact oil bodies;
- (b) removing solids from the ground seeds;
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- (c) separating the oil body phase from the aqueous phase;
- (2) washing the oil body phase to yield a washed oil body preparation;
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- (3) formulating the washed oil body preparation into an emulsion for use in the preparation of a personal care product.
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An emulsion comprising a washed oil body preparation comprising substantially intact oil bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.