The present invention relates to a method of processing plant material to provide products such as food products, dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and fertilizers. In particular, the invention relates to the processing of fruit and vegetable material to provide a product that can be used as a food source, dietary supplement or a pharmaceutical. Even more particularly, the invention relates to processing of green bananas such that the flesh and skin can be processed through separate streams.

The present invention relates to an organoleptically improved dietary fiber composition comprising Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) seeds in the form of flakes with improved palatability, and method(s) of preparing the said composition. More particularly, invention relates to nutrient rich de-bitterised and de-fatted fenugreek dietary fiber and administering the same in a subject to bring satiety, feeling of fullness, appetite suppression, less desire to consume food, which may further lead to reduction or management of weight. The present invention can be used for the development of functional food, dietary plan and as a nutritional supplement. The present invention also relates to methods of managing various conditions such as, but not limited to, management of weight, appetite scores, glucose homeostasis, body mass index and serum insulin levels or any combinations thereof using the said composition.

There is provided a vegetable-based lipid composition comprising very high levels of DHA, together with at least one other long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (typically as fatty acid esters). The composition typically contains low levels of EPA and palmitic acid. The composition is obtainable from a single source by conventional processing methods, and has improved stability properties.

Disclosed is a method for preparing bitter Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, and relates to the field of drugs or health care products. The method includes: removing visible impurities from Ganoderma lucidum spores, conducting ice bath and heating extraction, filtering through a microfiltration membrane, sterilizing by drying, and conducting sporoderm disruption to obtain the bitter Ganoderma lucidum spore powder. The preparation method effectively improves the content of the bitter substances in the Ganoderma lucidum spore powder by removing shriveled spores through multiple times of impurity removal and filtration in combination with the manner of conducting sporoderm disruption after extraction. Taking the total Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids in the Ganoderma lucidum spores as a representative of the bitter substances, the content of the total Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids can reach 5-8%. Meanwhile, the preparation method can also make the content of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides reaching 6-10%.

The present disclosure pertains to the field of processing fresh traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and particularly relates to a method of preparing a fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis product. The fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis product may be prepared by the following steps: 1) stripping off mud from a fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis; 2) brushing with flowing water; 3) cleaning ultrasonically; 4) humidifying the cleaned fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis with atomized water for 15 to 20 minutes; 5) packaging the humidified fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis by sealing it in a tube charged with a modified-atmosphere; and 6) storing the tube at a low temperature; wherein step 1) to step 4) are carried out at a temperature from 3 to 15 C. The present disclosure also relates to a fresh Ophiocordyceps sinensis product prepared by the above method.

A gastrointestinal health enhancing composition having an extract of Piper longum, an extract of Terminalia chebula, an extract of Murraya koenigii, an extract Zingiber officinale and an extract Glycyrrhiza glabra. Gastrointestinal health enhancing compositions having additional extracts such as secondary and/or tertiary constituents. Methods of preparing the gastrointestinal health enhancing compositions. Methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders by administering the gastrointestinal health enhancing composition.

The present application discloses a Chinese herbal oral paste for keeping balanced constitution. The Chinese herbal oral paste includes the following raw material components: tangshen, largehead atractylodes rhizome, fuling, prepared liquorice root, glossy privet fruit, polygonatum odoratum, dwarf lilyturf tuber, flatstem milkvetch seed, Chinese yam, unprocessed hawthorn fruit, prepared fleeceflower root, milkvetch root, dried tangerine peel, angelica, dendrobium, Chinese arborvitae kernel, root and vine of manyprickle acanthopanax, radix asparagi, danshen root, figwort root, gorgon euryale seeds, villous amomum fruit, coix seed, mulberry fruit, fruit of Chinese magnoliavine, lilium brownii, prepared milkwort root, barbary wolfberry fruit, donkey-hide gelatin, tortoise-plastron gelatin, and xylitol. The Chinese herbal oral paste of the present disclosure has a higher drug concentration and good taste, is particularly suitable for health preserving in winter and conditioning the balanced constitution, will not create negative effects or harm to the human body at all, and is capable of achieving certain efficacy of strengthening physical health.

NIR active, biocompatible and multifunctional (magnetic, photo-acoustic, and photo-thermal agent) E-capped iron oxide nanoparticles for deep tissue imaging and cancer therapy, are synthesized by a simple, rapid, non-toxic, low-cost and efficient completely green synthesis technique using extract made from the leaves of a medicinal aromatic plant, Pimenta dioica.

In a multi-step process for selectively purifying various pharmacologically-relevant components of a source plant such as cannabis, an initial step of the process provides a low-temperature, robust essential oil/terpene capture that also dehydrates and decarboxylates the starting productfresh raw cannabisby means of a vacuum-assisted microwave distillation process. By doing the terpene capture under vacuum distillation temperature may be kept low. The low distillation temperature maximizes yields of thermally-sensitive components such as terpenes and cannabinoids. The process includes additional steps of: extract cannabinoids from the dehydrated cannabis to produce a crude extract via a supercritical CO2 extraction process; purify crude extract of fats, lipids, plant material; and distill relevant cannabinoids from the purified crude extract via a wiped-film process. Selected terpenes and cannabinoids are then recombined in predetermined proportions to achieve extracts of unusual purity and having targeted therapeutic profiles.

In a multi-step process for selectively purifying various pharmacologically-relevant components of a source plant such as cannabis, an initial step of the process provides a low-temperature, robust essential oil/terpene capture that also dehydrates and decarboxylates the startingfresh raw cannabisby means of a vacuum-assisted microwave distillation process. By doing the terpene capture under vacuum distillation temperature may be kept low. The low distillation temperature maximizes yields of thermally-sensitive components such as terpenes and cannabinoids. The process includes additional steps of: extract cannabinoids from the dehydrated cannabis to produce a crude extract via a supercritical CO2 extraction process; purify crude extract of fats, lipids, plant material; and distill relevant cannabinoids from the purified crude extract via a wiped-film process. Selected terpenes and cannabinoids are then recombined in predetermined proportions to achieve extracts of unusual purity and having targeted therapeutic profiles.