Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Se Corporation

Frank Runge

Helmut Auweter

Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer

Birgit Michelsen

Jan Holm-Hansen

Dieter Horn

Lutz End

Willy Hinz

Georg Konrad Zwissler

Erik Lüddecke

Karl Kolter

Wilhelm Rademacher

Reiner Kober

Reinhold Saur

Volker Harries

Wolfgang Schrof

Anton Esser

Hans Ziegler

Karl-Heinrich Schneider

Robert Heinz

Hans-Peter Harz

Reinhold Stadler

Heribert Bohn

Jens Rieger

Bryan Cooper

Loni Schweikert

Herbert Haberkorn

Oskar Schmidt

Hans-Peter Kaub

Erik L&uuml;ddecke

Jurgen Klingler

Ulrich Eidelsburger

Nina Musaeus-Jensen

Ulrich Bröckel

Bruno Käsler

Thomas Keller

A process is described for producing solid preparations of at least one water-soluble, sparingly water-soluble or water-insoluble active compound suitable for the food and animal feed sectors or for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. In addition, the invention relates to oily suspensions in which these preparations are present as disperse phase, and to the use of these preparations as additive to animal feeds, foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic preparations.

Production of solid preparations of water-soluble, sparingly water-soluble or water-insoluble active compounds

The invention relates to a process for producing dry powders of one or more carotenoids by a) dispersing one or more carotenoids in an aqueous molecular or colloidal solution of a mixture of lactose and a protective colloid and b) converting the dispersion which has formed into a dry powder by removing the water and, where appropriate, additionally used solvents and drying, where appropriate in the presence of a coating material, wherein at least one soybean protein is used as protective colloid in process step a).

Process for producing dry powders of one or more carotenoids

Carotenoid formulations comprising a mixture of &#x3b2;-carotene, lycopene and lutein, and the use thereof in human and animal foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Carotenoid formulations, comprising a mixture of &#x3b2;-carotene, lycopene and lutein

Dry microorganism cultures comprising at least one microorganism species in carrier-bound form are present in the form of particles which a) have a particle size of at least about 0.1 mm and b) are compressed; processes for preparing dry microorganism cultures and their use for preparing foodstuffs and feedstuffs are also claimed.

Dried microorganism cultures and method for producing same

Production of dry powders of one or more oxygenated carotenoids

Carotenoid formulations comprising a mixture of &bgr;-carotene, lycopene and lutein, and the use thereof in human and animal foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Carotenoid formulations, comprising a mixture of &bgr;-carotene, lycopene and lutein

Solid phytosanitary agent

The use of solubilized carotenoid preparations is described for coloring foods, wherein solubilized carotenoid preparations are used which are produced by heating a suspension comprising from 1 to 40% by weight of one or more carotenoids, from 20 to 90% by weight of one or more nonionogenic emulsifiers and from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives to from 120 to 200&deg; C. for a short time and turbulently mixing the homogeneous solution with amounts of water or an aqueous solution comprising hydrophilic antioxidants with or without other surface-active additives at from 10 to 95&deg; C. to form a solubilized preparation having a carotenoid content of from 0.5 to 10% by weight.

Use of solubilized carotenoid preparations for coloring food preparations

Carotenoid formulations, comprising a mixture of B-carotens, lycopene and lutein

The invention relates to stable, pulverulent lycopene formulations, comprising lycopene having a degree of crystallinity of greater than 20%, processes for their preparation and their use as an additive to foodstuffs, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and animal feedstuffs.

Stable, pulverulent lycopene formulations, comprising lycopene having a degree of crystallinity of greater than 20%

A method and an apparatus for determining the coverage of the interface between a liquid first phase and a liquid or gaseous second phase by at least one molecular species, at least the following procedural steps being carried out successively: the generation of a stream of droplets which contain at least the liquid first phase, in such a way that the droplets move along a droplet trajectory, and the non-contact determination of a measure of the coverage of the interface by the at least one molecular species at at least two different points along the droplet trajectory.

Determination of interface adsorption

A method and apparatus for determining the size distribution of at least two different types of fluorescent or fluorescently stained particles in a sample by radiating light into a stream of singled particles and recording and analyzing both the scattered light and the fluorescent light. A relative particle size distribution for each individual particle type (T.sub.k) is calculated and then the relative particle size distribution for the individual particle types is normalized forming a joint relative particle size distribution of the at least two particle types with respect to one another.

Method and apparatus for determining the size distribution of different

Stable aqueous solubilizates are disclosed suitable for parenteral administration, of carotenoids and vitamins or vitamin derivatives, in which the carotenoid and the water-insoluble vitamins are, with the aid of a nonionic emulsifier, in the form of a micellar solution, the micelles being smaller than 100 nm, wherein the solubilizates comprise, in amounts based on the solubilizate, at least one carotenoid in a concentration of from 0.1 to 10% by weight, the water-insoluble, lipophilic vitamins or vitamin derivatives in a concentration of from 0.1 to 20% by weight and the nonionic emulsifiers in a concentration of from 1 to 40% by weight, with the proviso that the content of lipophilic vitamins is at least as large as that of the carotenoid.

Stable aqueous solubilizates of carotenoids and vitamins

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