07.01.07
Maitake Products, Inc., East Rutherford, NJ, has been granted a U.S. Patent for SX-Fraction. Maitake Products, along with the inventors, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,214,778 for “Glycoprotein with Antidiabetic, Antihyperlipidemic Effects from Grifola Frondosa, and a Method for Preparing Same.” Maitake Products, in collaboration with researchers at facilities in both the U.S. and Japan, discovered the anti-diabetic activities of this specific glycoprotein (SX-Fraction) extracted from Maitake mushroom.