09.01.08
Sabinsa Corp., Piscataway, NJ, has secured a patent in Japan for its branded ingredient Bioperine, a standardized piperine composition derived from black pepper extract. Patent No. 3953513, Sabinsa’s first in Japan, protects the use of piperine as a bioavailability enhancer and affirms that Bioperine is the only black pepper extract that can legally be used in nutritional supplements for the purpose of enhancing the bioavailability of nutrients.
Sabinsa has also been granted U.S. patent No. 7,217,546, titled “Commercially viable process for high purity of fatty alcohol C24 to C36 and its cosmetic application for skin, hair and nails.” The patent covers the process for producing commercial quantities of policosanol containing 70-95% C28 fatty alcohol (octacosanol) along with other lower chain length fatty alcohols for use in cosmeceutical applications designed to control sebum, inhibit the growth of microbes and promote softening and soothing of the skin. A solvent free supercritical carbon dioxide extraction process is used in conjunction with an immobilized enzyme to remove the active alcohols from raw material, including sugarcane wax, beeswax and rice bran.
Sabinsa has also been granted U.S. patent No. 7,217,546, titled “Commercially viable process for high purity of fatty alcohol C24 to C36 and its cosmetic application for skin, hair and nails.” The patent covers the process for producing commercial quantities of policosanol containing 70-95% C28 fatty alcohol (octacosanol) along with other lower chain length fatty alcohols for use in cosmeceutical applications designed to control sebum, inhibit the growth of microbes and promote softening and soothing of the skin. A solvent free supercritical carbon dioxide extraction process is used in conjunction with an immobilized enzyme to remove the active alcohols from raw material, including sugarcane wax, beeswax and rice bran.