Increasing yield of extractable substances from botanicals with an enzyme composition
US6099844A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y302/01032
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of increasing the yield of extractable substance from a botanical in the gastrointestinal system of a human being comprising the step of ingesting an enzyme composition comprising a cellulase enzyme and a pectinase enzyme at approximately the same time as a botanical is ingested so that the cellulase and pectinase enzymes degrade the cellulosic and pectin constituents, respectively, contained in the ingested botanical, to obtain an enhanced quantity of extractable substance from the botanical. Another method of use embodiment of this invention comprises the step of ingesting an enzyme composition comprising a cellulase enzyme, a pectinase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme and a xylanase enzyme at approximately the same time as a botanical is ingested, to obtain an enhanced quantity of extractable substance from the botanical. The corresponding botanical food composition method of use embodiment of this invention comprises the step of ingesting a botanical food composition comprising a botanical, a cellulase enzyme, a pectinase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme and a xylanase enzyme, wherein the cellulase, pectinase, hemicellulase and xylanase enzymes de…
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