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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Green Cross Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424195 ;
Abstract
A powder of expanded asparagus fiber bundles is obtained by keeping the integument of asparagus stems under a pressure of 2 to 8 kg/cm.sup.2 (gage), then releasing the pressure in a moment, drying the spurted material, and pulverizing the dried material. This powder is used as a food additive for supplementing fibrous material to a diet deficient in vegetable fiber content and is effective in preventing acquired intestinal diverticulum.