Patent ID: 8658220
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an extract containing phytochemicals from a pomegranate, the process comprising: creating a mixture comprising pomegranate solids in an aqueous solution, wherein said pomegranate solids comprises pericarp, inner membrane and seeds; adding a degrading agent to the mixture to generate liberated phytochemicals, from plant tissues and/or cells of the mixture; heating the mixture to a temperature to allow at least partial degradation of the pomegranate solids thereby generating the liberated phytochemicals; allowing the liberated phytochemicals to react and/or polymerize thereby reducing the mixture to a new phytochemical compound or reaction product; and removing residual insoluble solid materials from the mixture, wherein the remaining mixture comprises a total polyphenol content with a higher concentration of high molecular weight polyphenols compared to polyphenols found in pomegranate juice from arils, wherein said high molecular weight polyphenols comprise punicalagin.