Patent ID: 7070814
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: A23L,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A composition for enhancing the bioavailability or bioefficacy of a drug, nutrient, vitamin, nutraceutical, herbal drug, herbal product, micro nutrient or antioxidant; comprising: i) an effective amount of an extract selected from the group consisting of fraction 1, fraction 2, fraction 3, fraction 4 and fraction 5 from Cuminum cyminum ; said extract prepared by the process comprising a) extracting crushed plant material of b) extracting a portion of the aqueous extract of step a) with n-butanol (n-BuOH), separating the n-butanol layer and an aqueous layer; c) evaporating and freeze drying the n-butanol layer of step b) to obtain fraction 1; or d) evaporating and freeze drying the aqueous layer of step (b) to obtain fraction 2; or e) refluxing a portion of the aqueous extract of step a) with alcohol, pooling the alcohol extract and separating the residue left over, and f) evaporating the pooled alcohol extract of step e) to obtain a residue as fraction 3; or g) extracting the residue of step (e) with 50% aqueous alcoholic solvent to obtain 50% aqueous alcoholic soluble portion and residue, said residue comprising fraction 5; or h) evaporating the aqueous alcoholic soluble portion of step (g) to obtain a residue fraction 4; i) one or more additives selected from the group consisting of drugs, nutrients, vitamins, nutraceuticals, herbal drugs, herbal products, micro nutrients, and antioxidants; and a pharmaceutically acceptable additive, excipient or a mixture thereof, and iii) optionally, an effective amount of piperine, or an extract of