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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
William Monroe Coleman, Iii, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Darlene Madeline Lawson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
William Monroe Coleman, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Darlene Madeline Lawson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a tobacco composition for use in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition that includes an additive derived from a flower of thespecies. The additive can be a flower of thespecies or a portion thereof in particulate form or in the form of flower isolate derived from a flower of thespecies. In certain embodiments, the flower isolate is in the form of an extract from a flower of thespecies or in the form of a chemically transformed flower isolate, the chemical transformation being selected from acid/base reaction, hydrolysis, thermal treatment, and enzymatic treatment. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the flower additives described herein, and methods for preparing an additive derived from a flower of thespecies for addition to a tobacco composition.