The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising a mixed extract of Angelica gigas, Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux, and Zingiber officinale Roscoe as an active ingredient, more particularly to a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a feed composition for preventing or treating cancer including a mixed extract of Angelica gigas, Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux, and Zingiber officinale Roscoe as an active ingredient; a method for preventing or treating cancer comprising a step of administering the pharmaceutical composition; and a use for preventing or treating cancer.

Angelica gigas, Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux, or Zingiber officinale Roscoe of the present invention exhibits excellent cancer treatment effects, and therefore can be included in a pharmaceutical composition or a food as an active ingredient to be used in development of cancer treatment or amelioration agents and the like.

The present invention relates to a plant composition, a traditional Chinese medicine composition and use thereof. The plant composition comprises Prepared Monkshood Daughter Root (Aconitum carmichaelii), Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome (Polygonatum odoratum), Indian Bread (Poria cocos), Pinellia tuber (Pinellia ternata), Oriental Wormwood Herb (Artemisia scoparia), Scutellaria Root (Scutellaria baicalensis), Mongolian Snakegourd Fruit (Trichosanthes kirilowii), Magnolia Bark (Magnolia officinalis), Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb (Houttuynia cordata) and Baked Licorice Root and Rhizome (Glycyrrhiza glabra), which is used as a traditional Chinese medicine composition. In addition, the traditional Chinese medicine composition can be used to treat pulmonary embolism or pulmonary fibrosis.

Single-serve containers for use in brewing a cannabis-based beverage are described, as are methods for preparing a single-serve container configured for receipt in a single-serve brewing machine. The method includes: adding a processed cannabis product to the single-serve container; adding, to the single-serve container, at least one of an extraction or flavoring agent; and sealing the single-serve container.

The invention relates to compositions comprising complexes of α-cyclodextrin and cannabinoids and/or complexes of α-cyclodextrin and terpenes, methods of making these α-cyclodextrin and cannabinoid complex-containing compositions, and methods of using the α-cyclodextrin and cannabinoid complex-containing compositions. The invention also relates to food products comprising the α-cyclodextrin and cannabinoid complex-containing compositions of this invention.

The invention relates to a bitter acids concentrate, method of obtaining the same and use thereof.

Provided is a process, including: extracting one or more hydrophobic active ingredients of a plant material using an extraction solvent; transferring the one or more hydrophobic active ingredients from the extraction solvent to a carrier solvent; encapsulating the one or more hydrophobic active ingredients in one or more nanoparticles; and dispersing the one or more nanoparticles in an aqueous suspension, wherein: the one or more nanoparticles have a Z-average diameter between 50 to 950 nanometers; the Z-average diameter of the one or more nanoparticles changes less than 20% when the aqueous suspension is incubated at 40° C. for four weeks; and the Z-average diameter of the one or more nanoparticles changes less than 20% when the aqueous suspension is incubated at 90° C. for 30 minutes.

A subcritical liquid extraction process for the production of oleandrin or oleandrin-containing extract is provided. The process provides improvements over other methods of preparing oleandrin-containing extract. The extract, pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms and nutraceutical compositions comprising oleandrin or said extract are provided. Methods of treating diseases, disorders or conditions that are therapeutically responsive to oleandrin are also provided.

A method for at least one of protecting skin and promoting wound healing is provided. The method comprises administering to a subject in need an effective amount of Poria cocos extract, dehydropachymic acid (DPA), pachymic acid (PA), dehydrotumulosic acid (DTA), tumulosic acid (TA), polyporenic acid C (PAC), 3-epi-dehydrotumulosic acid (EDTA), dehydrotrametenolic acid (DTTA), trametenolic acid (TTA), dehydroeburicoic acid (DEA), eburicoic acid (EA), poricoic acid A (PAA) and/or poricoic acid B (PAB).

A dietary supplement composition is formulated in a therapeutic amount to maintain and promote urinary and prostate function in a human. The composition includes a shelf stable, supercritical CO.sub.2 fluid extracted, enhanced lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr). The enhanced LSESr has a ratio of free fatty acids to total fatty acids that is greater than about 80.0% and an enrichment of lauric, myristic, oleic and linoleic acids as free fatty acids to total free fatty acids that is greater than about 82.0%.

Methods of preparing a composition from chia seeds are provided. Compositions, including compositions prepared by the presently disclosed methods, and methods regarding selecting chia seeds and administering chia seed extracts are also disclosed.