Patent ID: 9511098
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing a dry earthworm powder, comprising the steps of: (i) contacting a live earthworm (i.e., (ii) contacting the washed, live earthworm of step (i) with a powder of at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid and diluting the resulting mixture with water within 30 seconds of the contacting with the hydroxycarboxylic acid to produce an aqueous solution having a pH of 2 to 5 and then leaving the resulting mixture to stand for 3 to 180 minutes and washing the live earthworm with water; (iii) grinding the washed, live earthworm of step (ii) to produce a ground product; (iv) rapidly freezing the ground product to −18° C. to −35° C.; and (v) freeze-drying the frozen ground product.