Patent ID: 8147878

Claim:
A process for preparing a water insoluble Helichrysum italicum extract, comprising: 1) extracting Helichrysum italicum with a water/organic solvent mixture in order to yield a hydro-organic fluid Helichrysum italicum extract which contains a water soluble Helichrysum italicum extract and a water insoluble Helichrysum italicum extract; 2) evaporating the organic solvent from said hydro-organic fluid Helichrysum italicum extract, to yield a remaining aqueous fraction containing the water soluble Helichrysum italicum extract and the water insoluble Helichrysum italicum extract; and 3) separating by centrifugation or by filtration the water insoluble Helichrysum italicum extract from the remaining aqueous fraction to yield a water insoluble solid Helichrysum italicum extract.