Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-21
2002-10-01
Weier, Anthony J. (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
C426S629000, C426S655000, C426S539000, C426S594000, C426S599000, C426S590000, C426S003000, C426S631000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06458406
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the newest and most intriguing areas of nutrition investigation involves food components called phytochemicals. Phytochemicals, such as isoflavones and their derivatives, are found only in plants, and although they are not classified as nutrients, they profoundly affect our health. See, for example, “Phytochemicals, A new paradigm” edited by W. R. Bidlack et al., published by Technomic publishing Co., Inc, 1998.
The discovery of phytochemicals has caused the dawning of a new era in nutrition. The phytochemicals found in beans, such as soybeans, are of particular interest. Beans and the products made from them, e.g., soybeans and soybean products, offer a unique approach to lowering the incidence of many chronic diseases such as cancer. See, for example, Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 42, 1666 (1994); i.d., 43, 1184 (1995). Recently, research shows that consuming just one serving of soy foods a day may be enough to obtain the benefits of these phytochemicals. (See “The simple soybean and your health” by M. Messina et al., published by Avery publishing Group, Garden City Park, N.Y., 1994).
Many people, however, do not like to eat soy foods because of their smell, taste, and texture. One way to obviate the dislike of soy foods would be to take soybean isoflavones as dietary supplements. Unfortunately, soybean isoflavones and their derivatives have not been utilized as dietary supplements because of their low solubility in water. See “Genestein” by R. Elkins, published by Woodland Publishing, Pleasant Grove, Utah 1998.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the invention features a water-soluble bean-based dry or wet extract including one or more isoflavone derivatives of the formula:
where R
1
is hydrogen or hydroxy, R
2
is hydrogen or methoxy, R
3
is hydrogen or CO—R
4
, R
4
being methyl or carboxymethyl. The water-soluble bean-based extract, in dried form, includes from about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of isoflavone derivatives and has a solubility from about 10 mg/ml to about 1,000 mg/ml in water at about 25° C. Examples of isoflavone derivatives present in the water-soluble bean-based extract include daidzin, genistin, glycitin, 6″-O-acetyldaidzin, 6″-O-acetylgenistin, 6″-O-acetylglycitin, 6″-O-malonyldaidzin, 6″-O-malonylgenistin, or 6″-O-malonylglycitin.
The water-soluble bean-based extract of this invention includes one or more isoflavone derivatives, e.g., an isoflavone glycoside, which complex with other components contained in beans to unexpectedly enhance their solubility in water.
In another aspect the invention features a method of preparing a water-soluble bean-based extract. The method includes mixing a pulverized crude bean extract with water, heating the mixture, adding a coagulant to the mixture to form a suspension, heating the suspension, and collecting the supernatant to obtain a water-soluble bean-based extract.
The water-soluble bean-based extract of this invention has a pleasant taste and smell, and exhibits desirable composition and performance when used as an ingredient in any food product. For example, the water-soluble bean-based extract can be combined with a food product such as milk, tea, soft drink, juice, coffee, seasoning, cereal, water, beer, cookies, chewing gum, chocolate, or soup.
Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, and from the claims.
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Chen Lan Bo
Koya Keizo
Ono Mitsunori
Tatsuta Noriaki
Yamaguchi Naoto
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Weier Anthony J.
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