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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Tomoyuki Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsubokura, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuaki Hirasawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsubokura, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuaki Hirasawa, Yokohama, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for producing a composition containing carotenoid at a content of 80% or greater, characterized in performing extraction on a culture of a microorganism, a concentrate of the culture, or a dried substance thereof with at least one selected from the group consisting of lower alcohols, water-containing lower alcohols, lower dialkylketones and ethers; and then washing a precipitate, obtained by concentrating the extract solution, with at least one selected from the group consisting of lower alcohols, water-containing lower alcohols, hydrocarbon-based solvents and lower dialkylketones; and food, a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic substance comprising the carotenoid-containing composition.