Nestec S.a.

Andre Touche

Didier Courtois

Vincent Petiard

Stephane Michaux

Elizabeth Offord Cavin

Gary Williamson

Laurent Ameye

Grace Ing Soon

Ermanno Federici

Bernard Lemaure

The present invention relates to an orally ingestible food or pet food composition or cosmetic composition containing glucosamine generated from plant materials through a drying process for the maintenance of joint health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, or the improvement of the skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin. It also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement, a treat, a medicament or a cosmetic product and methods for the maintenance of bone health, prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, improvement of the skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition.

Food composition comprising glucosamine

The present invention relates to an orally ingestible food or pet food composition or cosmetic composition containing glucosamine generated from plant materials through a drying process for the maintenance of joint health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, or the improvement of the skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin. It also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement, a treat, a medicament or a cosmetic product and methods for the maintenance of bone health, prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, improvement of skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition.

Compositions and methods for maintenance of bone health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone disorders are presented. The present invention also provides the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement or a medicament for promoting bone growth or for the maintenance of bone health and methods regarding same. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising an active ingredient having an effective amount of a plant or plant extract containing at least one phytochemical having the ability to induce bone morphogenic protein expression.

Nutritional compositions for promotion of bone growth and maintenance of bone health comprising extracts of for example rosemary or caraway

The present invention relates to soya cell cultures and soya cell strains producing a high amount of isoflavones and to a process for preparing an isolating isoflavone compounds in high yields. The present invention also pertains to soya plants regenerated from such cell strains and the use thereof for obtaining isoflavone compounds.

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Monts, France

Andre Touche