Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Didier Courtois

Vincent Petiard

Andre Touche

Stephane Michaux

Elizabeth Offord Cavin

Gary Williamson

Laurent Ameye

Jane Durga

Jwanro Husson

Tina Kunz

Robert Gilles Arnaud Cuvier

Andr E Touche

Ermanno Federici

Nicolas Henault

Grace Ing Soon

Bernard Lemaure

Elizabeth Offord-Cavin

Ruth Luthi-Carter

Eric Goulois

André Touche

Stéphane Michaux

David Taylor

Elizabeth Offord- Cavin

Arnaud Robert Gilles Cuvier

The invention relates to an efficient and reproducible process for generating glucosamine from plants which allows high glucosamine content to be obtained while reducing the content of residual ammonium or sulfate ions. The invention also concerns food compositions or cosmetic compositions which comprise the obtained glucosamine-enriched plant compositions.

Generation of glucosamine from plant material

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.

The present invention relates to a process for generating glucosamine from plants wherein fresh plant materials, or re-hydrated dried plant materials or plant extracts, are heated at a temperature comprised between 70 and 110&#xb0; C. for more than 10 hours, characterized in that a fertilizer acting as glucosamine precursor is added during the cultivation of the plants, before the harvest.

Production of glucosamine from plant species

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 provides a novel apparatus to grow cells where the cultivation chamber () is partially filled with liquid cultivation medium and cells. Mixing and aeration is achieved by generating intermittently one single large gas bubble () at the bottom of the column bioreactor, the single large bubble width representing from 50 to 99% of the tank width, preferably from 60 to 99%, more preferably 98.5%. The culture medium flows out as a film between the large bubble and the inner wall of the bioreactor. This rising bubble allows mixing and aeration of the bulk. As the design of the invention is very simple, it is possible to manufacture it with flexible plastic material and use the apparatus as a disposable system. Moreover, such a mixing/aeration principle minimizes cell damages usually due to shear stress and small bubbles and allows easy and efficient scale-up from small scale to a larger one. Such a large-scale, efficient and disposable culture system can largely reduce production costs.

Cell culture system

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.

Soya cell strains with high isoflavone content

The present invention concerns a process for the production of pilocarpine, in which root formation is induced from part of a plant of the genus Pilocarpus, the said roots are cultivated in vitro in a culture medium and pilocarpine is isolated from the roots and/or the medium.

Pilocarpin production process

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St-Avertin, France

Didier Courtois