Patent ID: 8758832

Claim:
An oral or enteral dosage unit containing phytochemicals from pomegranates comprising: a dry composition comprising polyphenols from pomegranate, said dry composition comprising between about 14% to about 16.9% punicalagins and punicalin by weight, between about 2.7% to about 3.6% ellagic acid by weight, and between about 59% to about 66.6% other hydrolysable pomegranate polyphenols by weight, wherein said dry composition is obtained by: providing an aqueous solution containing at least one pomegranate solid comprising polyphenols from pomegranate; removing said polyphenols onto a separation medium contained in a resin bed by passing said aqueous solution through said resin bed at a temperature ranging from about 100° F. to 140° F. and at a flow rate of between about 1 to about 3 bed volumes per hour; rinsing said separation medium with a dilute aqueous alcohol comprising less than about 5% by volume of alkanol to remove an unbound material; eluting said separation medium with an eluent to remove said polyphenols from said separation medium to obtain a mixture comprising said eluent and said polyphenols; and, drying said mixture to produce said dry composition.