Compositions and methods for preventing and treating diseases and environmentally induced health disorders
AssigneeThe Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/Mcgill University
InventorsStanley Kubow, Danielle Donnelly, Andre Piccolomini, Luis Agellon
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Abstract
Nutraceutical or pharmaceutical compositions, functional foods, extracts, dietary supplements and food/feed additives enriched in phytochemicals having antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory activity may be derived from the skin, pith, or cortex from stem tubers of select potato cultivars, such as Onaway, Russet Burbank, Purple Valley or Bora Valley cultivars. These cultivars and combinations thereof provide a useful antioxidant source enriched in ferulic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acids, ascorbic acid, anthocyanins, and rutin, isomers or derivatives thereof having antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory activity.
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A dietary supplement or additive for reducing body weight gain and/or controlling blood glucose levels comprising a composition enriched in ferulic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acids, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, and rutin, or an isomer or derivative thereof having antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory activity, said composition comprising an extract or fraction of an Onaway potato cultivar and a Russet Burbank potato cultivar wherein the extract or fraction comprises said chlorogenic acids and said ferulic acid in a proportion ranging between 25:1 and 35:1 by weight.
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