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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Toshiyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Uchizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Dohi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Uchizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Dohi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a composition comprising a high content of highly pure, low-cost, and safe carotenoid and a method for industrially producing the same. The present invention also provides functional food, a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic product comprising such a composition. The present invention further provides a method for producing a composition containing at least 80% of carotenoid, which is characterized in treating a microorganism culture with extraction using a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest or a combination of water and a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest, and then washing and filtrating the precipitate obtained from the extract solution with a combination of a lower alcohol and water.