The invention relates to a method of preparing cannabis extracts, including shatter, budder and wax extracts. The extraction method can provide a high quality and pure extraction product of THC from cannabis plant material, as either a shatter, wax or budder end extraction product. The extracted product is free of polar cannabis plant material, chlorophyll and residual solvents, has a high concentrate of THC, and can be used for dabbing, vaping or smoking consumption by a user. Suitable solvents for the method are gases selected from the group consisting of propane, butane or iso-butane, and the preferred solvent is propane. A key step of the method of the present invention is recovering solvent under atmospheric vacuum and, therefore, obtaining an extraction product that is purified of solvent and has no solvent.

A composition including a mixture of Trigonella foenum-graecum extract and bentonite. The mixture is applicable in several technological fields, including the pharmacological, cosmetic, and veterinary field. Notably, the composition is useful in the treatment of a viral infection. The composition is synergistic in the sense that the mixture of Trigonella foenum-graecum extract and bentonite has a higher efficiency than each of the components alone.

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 invention comprises a hair conditioner-scalp stimulator solution made of liquid extracts from Shea butter, beeswax, avocado oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, pomegranate oil, sweet almond oil, argan oil, grape seed oil and red pimento oil.

A composition including a mixture of trigonella foenum-graecum extract and bentonite. The mixture is applicable in several technological fields, including the pharmacological, cosmetic, and veterinary field. Notably, the composition is useful in the treatment of a viral infection. The composition is synergistic in the sense that the mixture of trigonella foenum-graecum extract and bentonite has a higher efficiency than each of the components alone.

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%.

Disclosed are a Piper laetispicum extract and a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The Piper laetispicum extract includes any one or more of sesamin, (2E,6E)-N-isobutyl-7-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)heptadienamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyldodecane-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-15-phenylpentadeca-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E,14Z)—N-isobutyleicosane-2,4,14-trienamide, and (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-13-phenyltrideca-2,4-dieneamide. The Piper laetispicum extract can prevent depression.

Disclosed is a composition including, per 100% of its mass: a) 60.0% to 75.0% by mass of an organic solvent (OS.sub.1) chosen from 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, or a mixture of these compounds; b) 0.1% to 2.0% by mass of a composition (ES) including an amount by mass x.sub.1, expressed as mass equivalent of 1-O-(2-caffeoyl)maloyl-3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid, of greater than or equal to 200 mg/g of a compound of general formula (I):

##STR00001## in which Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Q.sub.3, Q.sub.4 and Q.sub.5 represent, independently of each other, a hydroxyl radical or a salt thereof or a radical chosen from caffeoyl, maloyl, caffeoyl maloyl and maloyl caffeoyl radicals, it being understood that at least one of these radicals Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Q.sub.3, Q.sub.4 and Q.sub.5 represents neither the —OH radical nor a salt thereof; and c) 20.0% to 35.0% by mass of water. Related treatments are also disclosed.

Botanical materials are dehydrated, ruptured and comminuted into particles by blades or whips in a fluidized bed. Particles separated from a drying gas are transferred to reduced pressure insulated vessels. Solvents dissolve components of the particles under precise temperature control. Solvents are recirculated and distilled to recover distillates. Distillates are refined by thermal and pressure changes to remove fats, waxes and contaminants and are fractionated to specific essential oils. The essential oils are tested, winterized, filtered, decarboxilated, polished, diluted and discharged into collection vessels. The collected essential oils are pumped through needles into sealed cartridges. The cartridges are tamper-proofed, printed and labeled with batch, botanical source, process, tracking and tracing information and codes.

A process for producing a distilled ethanol product comprising an antioxidant component and an ethanol component is described. In the process, plant matter containing antioxidants is washed, frozen and exposed to an input volume of ethanol. Antioxidants are ethanolically extracted from the frozen plant matter. The plant matter and the liquid ethanol fractions are then separated and the plant matter having antioxidants extracted therefrom is used to produce ethanol which is subsequently used to extract antioxidants from a second batch of plant matter. The ethanol fraction having antioxidants therein is stored or diluted for later use.