Phospholipid composition

US5310734A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Losch · Bonn, DE
• Bernd-Rainer Gunther · Garching bei München, DE
• Jorg Hager · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1992
• Grant date: May 10, 1994
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A phospholipid composition exhibiting a phosphatidylcholine content of at least 80% by weight is described. Whereby this pulverized or granulated composition is free from additives. In order to prepare such a phospholipid composition the phospholipid starting material is comminuted after cooling to a temperature below-50.degree. C.