Patent ID: 8865661

Claim:
A method of delaying digestion by an animal or a human of carbohydrates in food, the method including administering an effective amount of a bioactive extract to the animal or human to delay digestion wherein the bioactive extract comprises a flavonoid selected from the group consisting of (a) tricin or a diglycoside thereof; and (b) tricin or a diglycoside thereof in combination with either or both luteolin and/or apigenin wherein the bioactive extract is prepared from sugar cane or material derived therefrom by a method including a. obtaining a sugar cane extract from sugar cane or a material derived therefrom b filtering the sugar cane extract to obtain a filtrate; c. passing the filtrate through a chromatography column; and d. collecting a bioactive extract from the chromatography column wherein the bioactive extract includes the flavonoid.