Patent ID: 6896913

Claim:
A process for deriving an extract from Loranthus comprising the steps: a) providing a portion of a species of Loranthus possessing concentrations of quercetin and avicularin therein; b) crushing said Loranthus provided in step (a); c) mixing said crushed Loranthus in step (b) with an ethanol solution to form an admixture and heating said admixture; d) filtering said admixture heated in step (c) to produce a filtrate; e) heating said filtrate produced in step (d) to produce a first cream extract; f) mixing said cream extract produced in step (e) with distilled water to form a first extract solution; g) filtering said first extract solution to produce a resultant filtrate; h) purifying said filtrate produced in step (g) to produce a purified extract; and i) concentrating said purified extract produced in step (h).