Yarrow fresh-plant pressed juice concentrate, production, and use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11219593-B2
Application number	US-201716608907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2017
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate and a gentle method for its manufacture. The yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate is used in cosmetic compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, food compositions or food supplements. This invention also relates to new aspects of the use of yarrow. The invention provides the use of yarrow to stimulate the expression of heat shock proteins and/or antimicrobial peptides in skin cells. It also describes the use of yarrow to increase the thermal tolerance of the skin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate comprising:
10 to 50 wt. % of yarrow fresh plant press juice dry residue,
0 to 10 wt. % of water,
50 to 90 wt. % of carrier(s) chosen from maltodextrin, dextrin, cyclodextrin, and mixtures thereof, and
one or more dicaffeoylquinic acid(s);
wherein the percent by weight is based on the total weight of the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate.

2. The spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate according to claim 1 , wherein the yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate further comprises preservatives and/or stabilizers.

3. A method for manufacturing the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate of claim 1 comprising:
mixing yarrow fresh plant press juice with carrier(s) chosen from maltodextrin, dextrin, cyclodextrin, and mixtures thereof, and
spray drying the mixture of yarrow fresh plant press juice and carrier(s).

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the spray drying is performed at a temperature of 200 to 400° C.

5. A cosmetic composition comprising the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate according to claim 1 .

6. A pharmaceutical composition, food composition, or food supplement comprising the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate according to claim 1 .

7. A cosmetic composition according to claim 5 , further comprising: 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a skin soothing agent and/or an antioxidant.

8. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 6 , further comprising:
0.01 to 10 wt. % of a skin soothing agent and/or an antioxidant.

9. A method for treating skin and/or hair comprising topically applying to the skin and/or hair the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate according to claim 1 .

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method comprises stimulating the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP) in skin cells of the skin.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method increases the thermal tolerance of the skin.

12. A method for treating skin and/or hair comprising topically applying to the skin and/or hair the cosmetic composition according to claim 5 .

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the cosmetic composition comprises 0.0001 to 10 wt. % of the spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate, based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition.

14. The spray dried yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more dicaffeoylquinic acid(s) is/are chosen from 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, and 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid.

Assignees

• Symrise Ag

Inventors

• Herrmann Martina
• Gaebler Sandra
• Pesaro Manuel
• Stuhlmann Dominik
• Garbe Lisa
• Meyer Julia

Classifications

• A23V2250/20

  Natural extracts · CPC title

• A23V2250/21

  Plant extracts · CPC title

• A23V2300/14

  Extraction · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A61K2800/56

  Compounds, absorbed onto or entrapped into a solid carrier, e.g. encapsulated perfumes, inclusion compounds, sustained release forms · CPC title