Disclosed herein are methods and compositions comprising whole yeast organisms and/or lipid yeast extract. Such compositions may be cosmetic, medical, biotechnological or agricultural compositions, comprising one or more cosmetic, medical, biotechnological or agricultural ingredients. The invention comprises methods of making such compositions. The yeast components of the compositions may be derived from yeast cultures which comprise at least 0.1% oil by dry weight.

The present invention belongs to the field of Chinese herbal medicine products, and more particularly relates to a formulation, preparation method and use of a Chinese herbal medicine composition for soothing the liver. The present invention provides a Chinese herbal medicine composition for soothing the liver, wherein the raw materials of the composition comprise Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. The present invention further provides a preparation method of the composition, comprising: step 1, extracting; step 2, concentrating; and Step 3, drying. Moreover, the present invention provides the use of the composition and the product obtained by the method in the treatment of a breast disease and/or remission of depression.

A method for producing full spectrum hemp extract comprising extracting substances from Cannabis-based green material that are soluble in an extraction solvent and collecting an extract that includes the extraction solvent distilling at least a portion of the extraction solvent which results in a concentrate that is not distilled off, removing at least a portion of water soluble substances from the concentrate by partitioning the at least a portion of water soluble substances into an aqueous phase and a remainder of substances from the concentrate into a partitioned concentrate, heating the partitioned concentrate to evaporate the nonpolar solvent and to yield a crude oil, degassing the crude oil by heating it which results in a degassed crude oil, performing a first pass distillation at about 150 C. and collecting a first residue, performing a second and third pass distillation at about 170 C. and about 185 C., and collecting a distillate from same.

Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions for calming and de-stressing animals. In particular, but not exclusively, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions comprising valerian oil.

The invention discloses a use of a mulberry (Morus alba L.) extract, including a method for treating ulcerative colitis, a method for preventing ulcerative colitis, and a method for reduction in Disease Activity Index, DAI. The use is application of a mulberry extract to the preparation of a product for treating and/or preventing ulcerative colitis. The invention experimentally demonstrated that positive drug group, SZ-A-1, SZ-A-2, SZ-A-3, SZ-A-4 and SZ-A-5 (pretreatment) could each significantly inhibit colonic atrophy in UC model mice, and the effects in SZ-A-2, SZ-A-3 and SZ-A-4 groups are comparable to that in positive drug group, with SZ-A-5 (pretreatment) achieving a superior effect to the positive drug. The mulberry extract of the invention, as a component derived from natural plants, has unique advantages of small toxic and side effects, mild and lasting actions etc.

A method and system for processing whole hemp stalks is disclosed. The method and system use an entirety of the whole hemp stalks in producing the particulate hemp such that the particulate hemp comprises both bast fiber and shive of the original whole hemp stalks. Additionally, hemp crumbs or crumbles may be processed from whole hemp stalks, or from particulate hemp which is larger than the hemp crumbs such as hemp pellets. The hemp crumbs may be formed by crushing the hemp pellets.

The present invention concerns a food supplement comprising Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds as well as finished food products comprising the food supplement. The present invention further concerns a nutraceutical or cosmetic preparation comprising as an active ingredient Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds.

A process for preparing a food or feed composition from J. curcas is disclosed. The method involves adding an acidified aqueous solution to J. curcas components, to a final pH of between 1 and 5, incubating the acidified mixture for a period for a period of at least 1 hour, and centrifuging the incubated mixture to separate the mixture into three physically distinct fractions: (i) a light, upper fraction containing oil, (ii) an aqueous fraction containing soluble acid-extracted components and breakdown products, and (iii) a substantially detoxified solid cake which forms or is used in forming the food or feed composition. The acidified aqueous solution added may be acidified olive vegetation water having a ratio of hydroxytyrosol to oleuropein of between 5:1 to 100:1. Also disclosed are a food or feed composition, and oil and aqueous fractions formed by the method.

Compounds having unique properties are prepared from the herbal compositions described herein and comprise extracts derived from plants and fungi of the genera Panax, Ganoderma, and Saussurea. The compositions are useful in preventing, treating, relieving, and improving the quality-of-life of patients suffering from chronic diseases, such as liver diseases, cancer, cachexia, and immune system disorders.

The present invention relates to a method for protecting a kidney, which comprises administering an extracellular polysaccharide produced by Ceriporia lacerata; a mycelial culture medium of Ceriporia lacerata containing the extracellular polysaccharide; dried powders of the mycelial culture medium; or an extract of the mycelial culture medium, in an effective amount, to a subject in need of protecting a kidney. The method is effective in protecting a kidney from renal toxicity caused by an anti-cancer agent.