Composition and method for improving vascular health

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9750782-B2
Application number	US-201414322564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2014
Priority date	Jun 9, 2009
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition for the use in improving vascular health, including treating and preventing vascular diseases and diseases related thereto, using a botanical extract of oil palm vegetation liquor from the palm oil milling process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composition for treating ventricular tachycardia (VT) comprising an effective amount of a freeze dried concentrate of an oil palm phenolics (OPP) extract,
wherein the OPP extract is a water soluble extract obtained from a vegetation liquor of a palm oil milling process,
wherein said freeze dried concentrate of the OPP extract has a strength of 30000 ppm GAE, and
wherein said composition is in a form selected from the group consisting of a capsule, a sachet, a lozenge, and a tablet.

2. A method for maintaining or promoting cardiovascular health of a subject, said method comprising regularly administering to said subject an effective amount of the composition according to claim 1 .

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said subject is a healthy individual or animal.

4. A method for improving cardiovascular health of a subject, said method comprising regularly administering to said subject an effective amount of the composition according to claim 1 .

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said subject is a healthy individual or animal.

6. A method for preventing the development of atherosclerotic lesions in a subject at risk therefor, said method comprising regularly administering to said subject an effective amount of the composition according to claim 1 .

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said subject is a healthy individual or animal.

8. A method for protecting against cardiovascular disease, said method comprising regularly administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of the composition according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Inventors

• Abeywardena Mahinda
• Sambanthamurthi Ravigadevi
• Tan Yew Ai
• P Manickam Kalyana Sundram
• Wahid Mohd Basri

Classifications

• A61K45/06

  Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca · CPC title

• A61P9/12

  Antihypertensives · CPC title

• A61P9/06

  Antiarrhythmics · CPC title

• A61P9/10

  for treating ischaemic or atherosclerotic diseases, e.g. antianginal drugs, coronary vasodilators, drugs for myocardial infarction, retinopathy, cerebrovascula insufficiency, renal arteriosclerosis · CPC title

• A61K36/889 Primary

  Arecaceae, Palmae or Palmaceae (Palm family), e.g. date or coconut palm or palmetto · CPC title