Composition useful for, among other things, culturing and enumerating microorganisms, and associated methods.

Composition useful for, among other things, culturing and enumerating microorganisms, and associated methods.

Provided herein are carbon-based oxide (CBO) materials and reduced carbon-based oxide (rCBO) materials, fabrication processes, and devices with improved performance and a high throughput. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides materials and methods for synthesizing CBO and rCBO materials. Such methods avoid the shortcomings of current synthesizing methods to facilitate facile, high-throughput production of CBO and rCBO materials.

Provided herein are carbon-based oxide (CBO) materials and reduced carbon-based oxide (rCBO) materials, fabrication processes, and devices with improved performance and a high throughput. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides materials and methods for synthesizing CBO and rCBO materials. Such methods avoid the shortcomings of current synthesizing methods to facilitate facile, high-throughput production of CBO and rCBO materials.

A method of extracting nutrients from a plant includes the steps of: pulverizing a water soluble nutrient-based plant part of a first plant material of the plant so as to form a first pulverized plant part; pulverizing a lipid soluble nutrient-based plant part of a second plant material of the plant so as to form a second pulverized plant part; subjecting the first pulverized plant part to a distillation so as to obtain a distillate and a first residue that contains a water soluble nutrient; and immersing the second pulverized plant part in the distillate to form a first mixture followed by distillation of the first mixture, so as to obtain a second residue that contains a lipid soluble nutrient.

A method of extracting nutrients from a plant includes the steps of: pulverizing a water soluble nutrient-based plant part of a first plant material of the plant so as to form a first pulverized plant part; pulverizing a lipid soluble nutrient-based plant part of a second plant material of the plant so as to form a second pulverized plant part; subjecting the first pulverized plant part to a distillation so as to obtain a distillate and a first residue that contains a water soluble nutrient; and immersing the second pulverized plant part in the distillate to form a first mixture followed by distillation of the first mixture, so as to obtain a second residue that contains a lipid soluble nutrient.

The present invention provides a stable peptide-conjugated, ascorbic acid derivative, a method for preparing the same, and a cosmetic composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. The stable peptide-conjugated ascorbic acid derivative of the present invention has both the effect of whitening the skin by inhibiting melanin production and the effect of reducing skin wrinkles by activating collagen production, and may be used in a cosmetic composition.

The present disclosure relates to crystalline berberine ascorbate salts and crystalline ketone berberine adducts, which can be used in preparing pharmaceutical or dietary compositions for the treatment or prevention of bacterial infections, cardiovascular diseases or other conditions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing crystalline berberine ascorbate or other berberine salts by reaction crystallization using one or more of crystalline berberine ketone adducts as a starting material.

The present disclosure relates to crystalline berberine ascorbate salts and crystalline ketone berberine adducts, which can be used in preparing pharmaceutical or dietary compositions for the treatment or prevention of bacterial infections, cardiovascular diseases or other conditions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing crystalline berberine ascorbate or other berberine salts by reaction crystallization using one or more of crystalline berberine ketone adducts as a starting material.

A compound represented by the following formula has a high anti-allergy activity. R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted acyloxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group, R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group. ##STR00001##