Patent ID: 7037524

Claim:
A rapid dissolve botanical extract tablet for release of a botanical extract in the oral cavity, consisting essentially of (a) between about 5% to about 60% by weight of an extract of a botanical, wherein the botanical extract tablet comprises a botanical extract and wherein the botanical extract is obtained from Areca catechu, Piper betel, Ptychopetalum olacoides, Ilex paraguariensis, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea pallida, Panax quinquefolius, Panax ginseng, Curcuma longa, Lactuca virosa, Lactuca indica, Zingiber officinalis, Salix purpurea, Salix daphnoides, Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus, Pfaffia paniculata, Turnera diffusa, Epimedium species, Terrestris tribulus, Rhodiola rosea, Astragalus membranaceus, Eucommia ulmoides, Gastrodia elata, Uncaria rhyncophylla , or Coleus forskohlii ; and wherein the botanical extract is obtained by extracting the botanical material using supercritical CO 2 at a range of temperature of about 31° C. to about 80° C. and a range of pressure of about 1100 psi to about 8000 psi, and forming a dry flowable powder; and (b) between about 15% to about 60% by weight of a diluent; (c) between about 5% to about 15% by weight of a binder; and (d) between about 3% to about 40% by weight of a sweetener.