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US 8,303,999 B2Granted
Natural extract containing xanthohumol, method for the production thereof and products produced therefrom
AssigneeTa-Xan AG
InventorsWerner Back, Achim Zuercher, Sascha Wunderlich
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing an extract containing xanthohumol (XN), which is obtained from toasted cereal products, cereal malt, coffee or cocoa. The XN-content in said extract is in the region of 10 mg/kg-2 g/kg xanthohumol. The use of XN-toasted extracts enables the XN-content of foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products to be increased in a natural manner. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Claims20
An aqueous liquid consisting essentially of:
- a hops extract which has xanthohumol in it, and
- an aqueous extract of roasted products of at least one of cereal, malt, coffee, and cacao;
- wherein said aqueous liquid contains a concentration of at least 15 mg/kg of xanthohumol in the aqueous liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.