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US 6,387,434 B1Granted
Powder products of ginkgo leaves and their manufacturing process
OwnerTerumi Takaokainventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to powder products of ginkgo leaves and its manufacturing processes, which includes crushing ginkgo leaves capable of maintaining various effects like healing intestinal disorder, which are typical of fibrous material, including fiber or food fiber in good quantity and exhibiting good effects of improvement of bloodstream by flavonol compounds without decreasing the compounds contained in the ginkgo leaves, by the steps of drying ginkgo leaves which have been washed and sliced, and of obtaining a specific form of crushed leaves of ginkgo after drying.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a ginko product, comprising the steps of:
- sterilizing and washing entire leaves of ginko including the hilts thereof;
- slicing the sterilized and washed ginko leaves including the hilts thereof into a plurality of slices;
- pre-drying the plurality of slices of ginko leaves at a temperature in the range of 45 to 50° C. for a period of 10 to 15 hours;
- drying the pre-dried plurality of slices of ginko leaves with far-infrared radiation for a period of about 5 to 7 minutes so that said plurality of slices of ginko leaves contains about 3% moisture;
- crushing the dried plurality of slices of ginko leaves to pieces having a size of about 200 mesh;
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- forming a granular or solid product from the crushed ginko leaves.
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