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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Moreau, Quakertown, PA (US);
Kevin B Hicks, Malvern, PA (US);
Robert J Nicolosi, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Robert A Norton, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-2 ; 426611 ; 426482 ; 426489 ; 426492 ; 426417 ; 554-8 ; 554-9 ; 554 11 ; 554 12 ; 424439 ;
Abstract
An oil extractable from corn fiber contains ferulate esters, in particular sitostanyl ester, which has been shown to have cholesterol-lowering activity. The oil is extracted by a novel process which includes a grinding step carried out before extraction with an effective organic solvent such as hexane. The corn fiber oil may be combined with an ingestible and/or edible carrier for administration as a dietary supplement for cholesterol-lowering purposes.