Blends of ursolic acid/oleanolic acid
AssigneeLoders Croklaan B.V.
InventorsChristiaan Beindorff, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Ulrike Schmid, Erik Schweitzer, Jeroen Nicolaas M. van Straalen
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Abstract
Blends comprising a glyceride and ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in weight ratios of 1:99 to 99:1 that contain less than 20 wt % of natural apolar components and/or low molecular weight components, normally present in natural extract for ursolic acid and oleanolic acid do not display the negative off taste of the natural extracts anymore.
Claims19
A blend of a health component and a glyceride, wherein the health component is a mixture comprising ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1, wherein the mixture is isolated from fruit skins and contains less than 20 wt % of the natural apolar and/or low molecular weight components present in natural extracts for ursolic acid and oleanolic acid which provide an off taste to said natural extract, and wherein the blend contains 5–80 wt % of one or more components selected from mono-, di- and triglycerides as the glyceride and the glyceride part of the blend displays a solid fat content measured by NMR-pulse on a non-stabilised fat at the temperature indicated of:
- 5 to 90 at 5° C.
- 2 to 80 at 20° C. and
- less than 15 at 35° C.
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