US 7,462,370 B2
Compositions enriched in anthocyanins
David T. Bailey, Boulder, Colo. (US); Delano R. Freeberg, Coralville, Iowa (US); Dennis Gertenbach, Boulder, Colo. (US); Gerald T. Gourdin, Boulder, Colo. (US); Steven L. Richheimer, Westminster, Colo. (US); Michael S. Tempesta, El Granada, Calif. (US); and F. Joseph Daugherty, Omaha, Nebr. (US)
Assigned to Phenolics, LLC, Omaha, Nebr. (US)
Filed on May 18, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/750,906.
Application 11/750906 is a continuation of application No. 10/893138, filed on Jul. 15, 2004, abandoned.
Application 10/893138 is a continuation of application No. 09/943158, filed on Aug. 30, 2001, granted, now 6,780,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/229205, filed on Aug. 31, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2007/0269536 A1, Nov. 22, 2007
Int. Cl. A61K 36/45 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 424—732 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A purified bilberry extract, comprising about 8-55% anthocyanins by weight of said extract, wherein during the process of making said extract no bisulfite ions are added, said extract comprising delphinidin-3-O-galactoside, delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-galactoside, delphinidin-3-O-arabinoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, petunidin-3-O-galactoside, petunidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-arabinoside, peonidin-3-O-galactoside, petunidin-3-O-arabinoside, malvidin-3-O-galactoside/peonidin-3-O-glucoside, malvidin-3-O-glucoside, peonidin-3-O-arabinose, and malvidin-3-O-arabinose.