Producing hesperetin used as functional food additive, food preservative and nutritional supplement, and for preparing drug, involves fermenting orange peel using Paecilomyces variotii

NOVELTY – Producing hesperetin involves fermenting orange peel using Paecilomyces variotii. USE – Method for producing hesperetin used as functional food additive, food preservative and nutritional supplement, and for preparing drug (all claimed). ADVANTAGE – The method enables to produce hesperetin that prevents oxidation of product, and has antiviral, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities and good bioavailability.

Main Application Field

B02 (Fused ring heterocyclics.); D16 (Fermentation industry – including fermentation equipment, brewing, yeast production, production of pharmaceuticals and other chemicals by fermentation, microbiology, production of vaccines and antibodies, cell and tissue culture and genetic engineering.); D13 (Other foodstuffs and treatment – including preservation of food, milk, milk products, butter substitutes, edible oils and fats, non-alcoholic beverages, artificial sweeteners, food additives and animal feed (A23B-L).)

INVENTORS:

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602_HESPERITINA

Patent number: BR132012021144-E2

PATENT STATUS:

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