A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS FROM DILLENIA INDICA

• Main Authors: SAKARIAH, KUNNUMPURATH, KURIAN, JENA, BHABANI, SANKAR, JAYAPRAKASH, GUDDADARANGAVVANAHALLY, KRISHNAREDDY, SINGH, RAVENDRA, PRADAP
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.06.2012
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT ONE-STEP PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF YIELD RANGING BETWEEN 15-35% FROM PLANT DILLENIA INDICA SHOWING ANTI- OXIDANT ACTIVITY RANGING BETWEEN 55 TO 85%, WHEREBY SOLVENTS ARE REGENERATED, AND ALSO, USE OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF PLANT DILLENIA INDICA AS AN ANTI-OXIDANT IN FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES AND ADDITIVES, WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF THE EXTRACT IN FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL IS RANGING BETWEEN 0.2 TO 3.0%.