NUTRACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING WHOLE-FRUIT ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM EXTRACT

• Main Authors: WYSS ADRIAN, GORALCZYK REGINA, FOWLER ANN, MUSSLER BERND, KILPERT CLAUS, MOHAJERI HASAN, MAYNE MECHAN ANNIS OLIVIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 27.08.2010
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention relates to a novel nutraceutical composition containing Zanthoxlyum bungeanum whole-fruit extract as active ingredient. The term "nutraceutical" as used herein denotes usefulness in nutritional, pharmaceutical and veterinary fields of application. The compositions are useful for improvement of cognitive functions, such as learning, memory and alertness, psychotic stability and maintenance.