Patent ID: 8741362

Claim:
A process for production of a phytocomplex from bergamot fruit comprising the following steps: a) grinding of the bergamot fruit without its outer cuticle and its flavedo to obtain a non-degraded mixture; b) inoculating said mixture with enzymes for degradation of pectin; c) reducing to a value lower 0.5% of the pulp content of said mixture obtained from step b); d) inactivating said enzymes from step b) to obtain a degraded mixture; e) ultrafiltrating said degraded mixture with a membrane having a molecular weight cut off of 30,000 Daltons to obtain a clarified solution; f) adsorping polyphenols in said clarified solution onto a column containing polystyrene adsorbent resin; g) washing said column having adsorped polyphenols with water at a temperature comprised between 30°-50° C. and raising the pH to a value comprised in the interval 12 - 14 to obtain a first eluate; h) passaging said first eluate on a cationic resin and then lowering the pH to a value lower than 3.0 to recover a second eluate; and i) drying said second eluate to produce a phytocomplex from bergamot fruit in the form of dry extract.