The present disclosure provides an extract of Citrus reticulata unripe fruit, and a method for reducing lipid accumulation by using the extract of Citrus reticulata unripe fruit. The extract of Citrus reticulata unripe fruit includes tetramethylisoscutellarein.

A method/process is provided for extracting and processing sugarcane juice from sugarcane stalks to produce a shelf-stable natural juice product preserving policosanols naturally-occurring in raw sugarcane sticks. The method includes steps of: providing sugarcane stalks having a high sucrose level; extracting sugarcane juice from the sugarcane stalks using a roller mill apparatus; filtering the extracted sugarcane juice through a screen filter; stabilizing the pH of the juice in a non-acidic solution of calcium hydroxide to a pH level in the range of 7.4 to 7.6; flocculating the sugarcane juice with a mixture of water and at least one natural flocculate product; evaporating the sugarcane juice to form a sugarcane juice concentrate having a Brix in the range of 50 Bx to 60 Bx; and extracting the sugarcane juice concentrate from the evaporator, while maintaining a maximum sugarcane juice temperature never exceeding 70 C. throughout the process.

A method for producing a terpene-enhanced cannabinoid concentrate and for removing contaminants such as pesticides and fungicides from cannabinoid extracts. Cannabinoid extracts containing contaminants may be dissolved in a water and ethanol solution, and then cooled to allow water-soluble contaminants to settle out of the mixture. The water and ethanol may then be removed via evaporation or distillation, leaving purified cannabinoids without contaminants. Contaminant removal may be incorporated into a method for producing a blended extract of cannabinoids and terpenes, which extracts terpenes using supercritical CO2, and extracts a cannabinoid concentrate from the residual material using a cold ethanol flush followed by distillation and then by contaminant removal; the CO2-extracted terpenes are then added back to the purified cannabinoid concentrate in a final blending step. Blending terpenes at the end of extraction may enhance the flavor and effectiveness of the purified cannabinoid concentrate.

The present invention relates to extracellular polysaccharide produced from Ceriporia lacerata, a mycelium culture medium of Ceriporia lacerata containing the extracellular polysaccharide, and a composition for preventing alopecia or stimulating hair growth containing dry powder or an extract of the mycelium culture medium as an active ingredient. The composition according to the present invention inhibits expression of TGF- and is thus superb in preventing alopecia or stimulating hair growth and a composition containing said composition can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition, quasi-drug, healthy functional food and cosmetic composition for preventing alopecia or stimulating hair growth.

The instant disclosure features, among other things, compositions and methods for treating an autism spectrum disorder in a human. The compositions comprise an effective amount of: (1) an isothiocyanate (e.g., sulforaphane or a derivative thereof) or (2) a glucosinolate, and optionally, an enzyme, to thereby treat an autism spectrum disorder and/or reduce the severity of at least one symptom of the disorder. Methods for preparing such compositions are also featured.

A plant press including a container having a cavity for receiving a plant and a plunger disposed within the cavity of the container. The plunger being translatable in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cavity and adapted to create a shearing force.

Provided is a treatment composition for damage treatment and regeneration promotion of corneal epithelial cells containing gintonin as an active ingredient which is glycolipoprotein or its aggregate isolated from ginseng. Since the gintonin as a drug containing high-concentration LPA has an effect of increasing the concentration of LPA in damaged cornea and inducing the proliferation of corneal epithelial cells to rapidly and significantly restore the damage of the cornea, the composition of the present disclosure can be usefully used as drugs for treatment of corneal erosion and corneal ulcer or equivalent therapeutic agents for corneal injury in humans and animals.

The invention relates to a method for producing an extract of a matrix of vegetable origin, particularly a plant, characterised in that the matrix of vegetable origin undergoes a mechanical treatment consisting in extruding the matrix of vegetable origin in an extruder, in association or not with a heat treatment, in the presence of an aqueous solution containing at least one hydrotrope agent, particularly at a concentration at least equal to the minimum hydrotrope concentration thereof, followed by an operation of recovering the extract.

A rotary separation apparatus is deployed in a process for separating resinous trichomes rich in flavoring, aromatic and/or medicinal components produced in plant trichome glands from unwanted plant matter. A liquid freezing agent is introduced into a container of the plant matter to fragment the undesirable matter while the desired portion rich in trichome remain intact.

The present invention relates to a high-performance process for obtaining extracts enriched in organosulphur compounds of type S-alkenyl-L-cysteine and S-alkyl-L-cysteine. Said compounds are obtained from plants of the Allium genus and in addition, they are free of sulphoxides. In addition, the use of organosulphur compounds of type S-alkenyl-L-cysteine and S-alkyl-L-cysteine as therapeutic or nutraceutical agents in the prevention and treatment of human and animal diseases that incur in chronic inflammation is described.