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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Frederick Khachik, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Frederick Khachik, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for purification of a mixture of carotenoids from palm oil concentrate to produce a crystalline mixture of a α-carotene, β-carotene, γ-carotene, and ε,ε-carotene as well as a product enriched in geometrical isomers of a β-carotene (9-cis-β-carotene, 13-cis-β-carotene) and α-carotene as well as ε,ε-carotene and γ-carotene.