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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bjørn Madsen, Helsingør, DK;
Venancio Hidalgo Garcia, Santa Ana-Cartagena Murcia, ES;
Luis Hernandez Vera, Alcantarilla Murcia, ES;
Assignee:
CHR. Hansen A/S, Horsholm, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a process of improving the total yield of curcuminoids from curcuminoid-containing material. More specifically, there is provided a process wherein a second residue, previously considered a waste resulting from a crystallization step of a curcuminoid-containing phase, is made useful by improving the coloring properties of this second residue by extraction with hexane and/or methanol at ambient temperature. The process improves the total yield of curcuminoids by 30-40%.