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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John-Paul Mua, Advance, NC (US);
Kyle Ford, Germanton, NC (US);
Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce, Lewisville, NC (US);
Margarette Elisa Lovette, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Joshua D. Morton, Evansville, IN (US);
Leigh Hagan, Owensboro, KY (US);
Barry Bratcher, Owensboro, KY (US);
Samuel Mark Debusk, Lexington, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods of obtaining and/or deriving proteins from plants of thespecies and methods for incorporation of such proteins into various products. For example, a method for obtaining a protein-enriched material from a plant of thespecies or portion thereof is provided, comprising: extracting one or more proteins from the plant material into a solvent to form a liquid protein-containing extract; separating a solid extracted plant material from the liquid protein-containing extract; clarifying the liquid protein-containing extract to form a clarified protein-containing extract and a solids fraction; and treating the clarified protein-containing extract so as to provide a protein-enriched material comprising at least about 60% protein by weight.