120 results about "Hops extract" patented technology

Compositions comprising a Labiatae herb extract and a hop extract containing beta acids and methods of using them to extend the color life and retard the growth of microorganisms in fresh meat, fish and poultry stored in an atmosphere that contains 20% or more oxygen.

An efficacious antibacterial and anti-inflammatory oral composition is provided having an active ingredient combination comprising one or more active compounds from an extract of magnolia and an extract of hops. Preferably, the active compounds from magnolia extract comprise honokiol and magnolol, and the active compounds from hops extract comprise hexahydrogenated beta acids. The oral composition can be in the form of a mouth rinse or dentifrice, including toothpaste, gels, powders, confectionaries, lozenges, animal products, and the like. Methods of making and using the oral composition are also provided.

The invention is an organic pesticide made from components of hop extract by preparing stable aqueous emulsions of hop acids and other hop extract components. The hop acids and other hop extract components are suspended as stable, colloidal preparations in water, which can be sprayed on plants for pest control.

Disclosed is a novel anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition that exhibits potent and selective inhibition of the cycloooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme. The formulation consists of a hops extract that exhibits COX-2 selectivity as defined by dividing the IC50 COX-2 / IC50COX-1 concentrations that are determined by testing with the William Harvey Whole Blood Assay (WHMA), and falls in the range of 0.011 to 0.2. Such compositions may also optionally contain high levels of alpha acids and low levels of beta acids, some flavonoid compounds, and virtually no essential oils. Such compositions are useful for treating conditions that manifest as inflammatory pain, or are impacted by the COX-2 enzyme. The recited compositions are particularly beneficial for treating osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and can be used for chronic pain with reduced gastric side-effects.

The invention is a cosmetic or dermatological preparation that includes hops or hop-malt extracts and to methods of using this preparation for the prophylaxis and treatment of the symptoms that result from certain skin conditions such as skin disease, inflammatory skin conditions and degenerative skin conditions.

The invention discloses a hop extract containing xanthohumol. The hop extract is yellowish in color and lustre, is powdery, has specific scent of hop and has the xanthohumol content of more than 90 percent. Simultaneously, the invention also discloses a method for preparing the hop extract containing the xanthohumol; raw materials are subjected to extraction through an aqueous solution of ethanol or methanol, concentration, macroporous resin adsorption, elution and drying to obtain the hop extract containing the xanthohumol; the content of the xanthohumol is more than 90 percent; and the obtained product has high content of xanthohumol and small content of iso-xanthohumol.

In a method of producing a xanthohumol-concentrated hop extract, the xanthohumol-containing hop extract is extracted from a xanthohumol-containing hop raw material by highly compressed CO2 as a solvent at pressures above 500 bar and temperatures above 60° C.

A composition, an Nrf2 activating agent, and a food according to the present invention comprise isohumulones or isomerized hop extract as an active ingredient. They are useful in treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease of condition which is treatable, preventable, or ameliorable by the activation of transcription factor Nrf2. More specifically, the composition, the Nrf2 activating agent and the food according to the present invention are useful in treating, preventing, ameliorating, or alleviating chronic diseases which are believed to be caused or exacerbated by cellular damages due to oxidative stress in the body or environmental substances (for example, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, cerebral nerve degenerative diseases, skin diseases, eye diseases, asthma, and cancer) or delaying progress of these diseases, or in detoxificating xenobiotic substances.

The invention relates to the concentrated hopped wort for production of the Czech beer, which contains 80 to 100% by weight of pale malt of the Pilsner type, out of which at least 80% by weight is formed of malt from varieties approved for the Czech beer in the Council Regulation ES No. 510 / 2006, published in the Official Bulletin of the European Union 2008 / C 16 / 05, while the extract in the solids of malt is at minimum 80% by weight, Kolbach Number is 36 to 42%, diastatic power is at minimum 220 units of W.-K., apparent final attenuation is at maximum 82% and friability is at minimum 75%, and it further contains 0 to 20% by weight of maltose and / or glucose syrup, hopping amounts from 6 to 14 g of α-bitter acids of hops to 100 I of wort, while up to 80% by weight of α-bitter acids of hops may come from the hop extract and at least 20% by weight of α-bitter acids of hops come from the dried or granulated hops, while out of total quantity of hops, granulated hops or hop extract from 15 to 30% by weight is formed of varieties of the Czech hops from {hacek over (Z)}atec, Tr{hacek over (s)}ice or Ú{hacek over (s)}t{hacek over (e)}k regions, and the solids content amounts to 40 up to 98% by weight.

The invention discloses a breast enlarging and beautifying additive for cosmetics, belonging to the field of cosmetics. The additive consists of the following components in percentage by weight: 5.0-79.0% of kigelia pinnata fruit extract, 3.0-61.0% of black soybean estrogen, 1.0-28.0% of commiphora mukul resin, 1.0-45.0% of hops extract, 1.0-45.0% of leonurus sibiricus extract, 1.0-44.0% of sage essential oil, 1.0-34.0% of cananga odorata essential oil and 1.0-21.0% of basil essential oil. The additive disclosed by the invention is formed by mixing the natural extract and the plant essential oil, has natural smell, does not contain additives, realizes an obvious effect on enlarging and beautifying the breast, and is safe without toxic side effect; and the additive is added to cosmetics and is suitable for long-term use without causing irritation. In the invention, the components can be used as cosmetic additives and are suitable to be matched with cosmetics; and a series of breast enlarging and beautifying cosmetics prepared from the additive disclosed by the invention have good effect and low toxicity, conform to the requirements of the national law on cosmetics, and can meet theurgent needs of a great number of women not satisfied with the breast.

The present invention provides a method for controlling allergens by applying an anti-allergenic effective amount of one or more anti-allergenic agents selected from hyperbranched polymers, amines (including tertiary amines), hops extracts, anti-allergenic iodo derivatives, quaternary ammonium compounds, hydantoins and hydantoin blends, polyhexamethylenebiguanidine hydrochloride, natural oils, anti-allergenic natural acids, sodium carbonate, chelating agents, cyclic ketone acids (e.g., dehydroacetic acid (DHA) and salts thereof (including sodium dehydroacetate and the monohydrate thereof)), anti-allergenic surfactants, organic phosphates, hydrogen peroxide, butylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium salicylate, and mixtures thereof, to the allergens or a substrate on which they are located. These anti-allergenic agents are particularly effective at controlling household allergens, such as dust mites.

The invention discloses a tobacco flavor with sweet smoke and an application. The tobacco casing flavor formula with sweet smoke comprises the following raw materials: 5-16% of hippophae rhamnoides extract, 1-3% of fig extract, 2-7% of momordica grosvenori extract, 1-5% of smoked plum extract, 3-8% of red date extract, 1-5% of hops extract, 5-15% of wolfberry extract, 8-20% of honey, 3-6% of Zimbabwe tobacco extract, 30-50% of propylene glycol and the balance of purified water; and the raw materials are stirred and mixed uniformly at normal temperature to obtain the tobacco flavor with sweet smoke. The tobacco flavor accounting for 0.01-0.03% of the tobacco shred weight is added into the tobacco formula for cigarette production. By adopting the tobacco flavor formula with sweet smoke, disclosed by the invention, the tobacco aftertaste promotes fluid production, odor absorption is corrected, and the discomforts such as dryness, irritation and bitterness are reduced; and meanwhile, a roasting sweet tone can be added, and thus the smoking quality of cigarettes is remarkably improved.

In a process for preparing a xanthohumol-enriched hop extract, a concentrate having contents of up to 90% xanthohumol is obtained from a xanthohumol-containing hop raw material by dissolving the xanthohumol in lye and subsequent precipitation with acid.

The present invention relates to a hop extract having a reduced bitter taste which shows a fat absorption suppressing effect. More specifically the present invention relates to a hop extract oxidation-reaction product obtained by an oxidation-reaction of a hop extract.

The invention is directed to an application of a hop extract, hydrogenated hop extract, hop alpha acids, hop beta acids, hydrogenated hop acids, derivatives of hop acids or their resins, each separately or in combinations of two or more, on the inside surface of a cellulosic casing used in sausage manufacture to prevent the appearance and growth of gram-positive bacteria especially of the genus Listeria in these meat products. Similarly, the invention also provides a cellulosic casing for meat products coated internally with a solution of the hop derivates mentioned; and a meat product produced using this cellulosic casing. Finally, the invention provides a method to apply this solution to a meat product.

A hop extract product of specific and predefined composition is provided that is specifically an enriched alpha-acid hop extract product having a total alpha-acids concentration greater than 60% by weight, a total beta-acids concentration of less than 20% by weight, and a total hop essential oil concentration in excess of 1% by weight, and a process for manufacturing such an enriched extract. The process includes extracting a raw hop to produce a whole hop extract with a portion of the whole hop extract refined to form a purified alpha acids product, which is utilized to supplement the whole hop extract or the beta-acids and oils to form an enriched alpha-acid hop extract product. This enriched extract is uniform and precisely standardized, containing invariable and exact quantities of specifically desired flavoring components. The alpha enriched extract product also has better stability than the high purity alpha-acids fraction.

The invention provides a compound valerian extract for tranquilizing to relieve muscle spasm, which is prepared by raw materials: valerian extract, European hop flower extract and lemon balm extract according to a certain proportion; and the respective extraction method is adopted by the technique, and various forms of oral preparation can be prepared.

The invention provides a zero-degree dry red wine drink and a preparation process thereof, belonging to the technical field of processing of drinks. The zero-degree dry red wine drink can solve the technical problems that the taste is killed, the mellow feeling and the astringent feeling are obviously weakened, the acidity is obviously increased and the like after negative pressure dealcoholization of dry red wine in the prior art. The drink provided by the invention comprises the following components in parts by weight: 950-1050 parts of wine base after dealcoholization treatment of the dry red wine, 8-12 parts of pear concentrated juice, 4-6 parts of levulose, 4-6 parts of erythritol, 4-6 parts of glycerin, 6-7 parts of hops extract and an appropriate amount of wine aroma regulator, wherein the alcohol degree of the wine base does not exceed 0.5%. The zero-degree dry red wine drink provided by the invention has the advantages of good coordinated taste of sugar acidity, adequate fragrance, strong astringent feeling and the like.

The invention discloses essence containing plankton and an application of the essence in cosmetics. The essence contains plankton extract, hop extract, capsicum frutescens fruit extract, ruscus aculeatus root extract and solidago virgaurea extract. The mass ratio of plankton extract to hop extract to capsicum frutescens fruit extract to ruscus aculeatus root extract to solidago virgaurea extract is (3-9) g:(2-6) g: (1-5) g: (1-3) g: (1-3) g. The essence and the cosmetics containing the essence comprehensively act on various fat cells, lipolysis is promoted, accumulation of fat is avoided, local microcirculation disturbance is eliminated, edema is eliminated, leg fatigue and heaviness are relieved, and remarkable moisturizing, slimming and local slimming effects are achieved.

A water-dispersible lipidic hop extract composition, comprising at least 10% by weight of free fatty acid substances derived from hops, is useful to increase the utilization of the hop aroma and flavor components. It may be produced by treatment of an extract of hops with an excess of alkali. The starting hop extract, made conventionally as by extraction with organic solvent or carbon dioxide, preferably has alpha, isoalpha, and beta hop acids removed before treatment with excess alkali. A cosolvent, such as a lower alkanol, polyol, or wetting agent, heat, or high shear may be used to improve mixing of the lipidic organic phase of the hop extract with the excess alkali. The water-dispersible lipidic hop extract imparts an enhanced hop aroma and flavor upon addition to the wort at some point during the brewing process between boiling and the beginning of fermentation. A beer incorporating the dispersible lipidic hop extract has a stronger hop aroma and flavor than beer incorporating the usual hop extract.

The invention provides a deodorization sterilization composition for a cat. The composition comprises a deodorant and a sterilization component. The deodorant comprises 1-3% of soyethyl morpholinium ethosulfate; the sterilization component comprises, part by weight, 0.01-0.2% of mint oil, 0.005-0.1% of sage essential oil, 0.005-0.1% of geranium essential oil, 0.05-2% of a humulus lupulus extract,0.05-2% of a pelargonium graveolens extract, 0.05-2% of a cactus extract, 0.05-2% of a chamomilla recutita flower extract and 0.08-0.15% of benzalkonium chloride. According to the prepared deodorization sterilization composition adopting a plant formula for the cat, the pH of the composition system is 6.0-8.0 and is close to the pH of the body surface environment of the pet, and the deodorizationsterilization composition is suitable for being sprayed to the defecation place of the cat, a cat litter box, an appliance, garments and a playing environment; stink and other bad odors generated after defecation of the cat are reduced, the rate of the composition for killing escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus after 90 seconds is larger than 99.999%, reproduction and spreading of bacteriaafter defecation of the cat are inhibited, the stink generated by organic matter of bacterium metabolism in the living environment of the cat is reduced, and the deodorization sterilization effect isachieved.

The invention discloses a composition for treating seborrheic alopecie and a preparation method thereof. The composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.1 to 5 parts of cortex moutan extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of cacumen platyclade extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of rosemary extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of tea plant extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of radix angelicae sinensis extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of radix astragali seu hedysari extracts, 0.1 to 5 parts of herba ecliptae extracts, 0.01 to 2 parts of salvia extracts, 0.01 to 2 parts of saw palmetto extracts, 0.01 to 2 parts of lupulus extracts, 0.01 to 2 parts of morinda citrifolia extracts, 0.01 to 0.05 part of biotin, 0.1 to 2 parts of phaseomannite, 0.1 to 1 part of hydrolyzed wheat protein, 0.1 to 1 part of oat glucan, 0.1 to 5 parts of zinc gluconate, 0.1 to 5 parts of herba menthae, 0.01 to 1 part of biphenyl acetate and 0.001 to 10 parts of fullerene and corresponding derivatives. The composition has the effect of preventing or treating seborrheic alopecie and androgen-dependent alopecia hereditarian.

The invention provides hops (Humulus lupulus) extracts or derivatives thereof for use in treating a patient prophylactically and / or therapeutically for ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and / or intestines. The ulcerogenic disorders can be of the type chemically induced, environmentally-induced, infection-induced, and / or stress-induced. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active amount of hops extracts or derivatives thereof, in combination with an analgesic compound and / or an anti-inflammatory compound. The invention further provides for use of hops extracts or derivatives thereof, significantly reducing and / or therapeutically treating ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and / or intestines.

The present invention relates to new products and processes for making and using hop extract products comprising hop oils present in amounts between about 6 mL / 100 g to about 40 mL / 100 g, or more. The oil enriched hop extracts of the present invention also contain higher proportions of oil relative to other hop components typically found in hop extracts. Production of the oil enriched hop extracts may comprise a partial or a first extraction of hop materials. In one preferred embodiment, such extraction may occur under pressures of 1700 psi to about 3700 psi for less than three hours. The enriched oil extracts of the present invention can be used to produce beers having enhanced aroma and flavor profiles. The present invention also relates to products and processes for making and using second extractions of hop materials comprising alpha acids present in amounts of, for example, about 50% to about 70% (w / w).

The invention discloses a cosmetic composition and emulsion with a breast enlarging effect. The cosmetic composition consists of the following components in parts by weight: 0.1 to 10 parts of lupulusextract, 0.1 to 10 parts of hyperforin perforatum extract, 0.1 to 10 parts of Salvia officinalis extract and 0.1 to 10 parts of saponaria leaf / root extract. The breast enlarging emulsion prepared inthe invention has the breast health effects of improving the breast skin condition, promoting the breast compactness and increasing the chest circumference, and does not contain a preservative, so that the emulsion is safe and convenient to use.

The present invention is directed to a composition comprising an extract of Humulus lupulus combined with hyaluronic acid and a C1-C4 alkanol, and to its use as an anti-ageing treatment for the skin of human being. For the use of the present invention, the new composition is administered topically.

A process for preparing tetrahydroisohumulone compositions from a hop extract, which process provides an improvement over the extant art, and provides a tetrahydroisohumulone preparation of high yield and purity, which tetrahydroisohumulone preparation exhibits excellent physical stability, and is essentially free from undesirable lupulones, fatty acids, hop oils and degradation compounds.

According to the present invention, there are provided a food and a food additive obtained using an alkaline decomposition product of a hop extract, and an agent for suppressing fat accumulation or for suppressing weight gain comprising the same as an active ingredient.