Cranberry seed oil extract and compositions containing components thereof
AssigneeOcean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
InventorWassef W. Nawar
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Abstract
Isolated cranberry seed oil and components thereof, in a form suitable for use as a foodstuff, dietary supplement, or pharmaceutical composition, are disclosed. The isolated cranberry seed oil or compositions comprising one or a combination of components derived from the cranberry seed oil can be used as anticancer, hypocholesterolemic, antithrombotic, antioxidizing, antiatherogenic, antiinflammatory, and immunoregulatory agents. In addition, the invention features novel methods of extracting cranberry seed oil from cranberry seeds in a form suitable for adding to foodstuffs, dietary supplements, or pharmaceutical compositions.
Claims11
An isolated cranberry seed oil produced by a method comprising,
- physically disrupting cranberry seeds under conditions that reduce the temperature and exposure to oxygen of the seeds relative to the temperature and exposure to oxygen which would occur in the absence of such conditions;
- adding to the seeds an organic solvent to produce an extract/solvent mixture;
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- removing the solvent portion of the extract/solvent mixture thereby producing isolated cranberry seed oil substantially free of solvent.
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