Patent ID: 6558713
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A21D,A23G,A23K,A23L,A23V,C11B

Abstract:
A method of improving certain health conditions in a mammal in need thereof by administering to the mammal a composition comprising an effective amount of chocolate liquor and/or partially defatted cocoa solids each containing enhanced levels of cocoa polyphenols, wherein the chocolate liquor and partially defatted cocoa solids are prepared from unfermented or underfemented cocoa beans having a fermentation factor of 275 or less, whereby the cocoa polyphenols therein are in amounts effective to provide an in vivo activity selected from the group consisting of anti-periodontitis, anti-gingivitis, anti-atherosclerosis, anti-hypertension, anti-neoplastic, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, inhibit LDL oxidation, inhibit DNA topoisomerase II, inhibit oxidative DNA damage, modulate cyclooxygenase, modulate lipoxygenase, modulate nitric oxide, modulate nitric oxide synthase, modulate apoptosis, modulate platelet aggregation, and modulate blood glucose.