Owner DSM IP Assets B.V.

Inventors Giger, Alfred; Berhhard, Kurt; Leuenberger, Bruno; Beck, Markus, Ivo

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2002339495

PCT Number PCT/EP02/09913

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/022071

Priority 02001968.3 04.02.02 EP; 01121981.3 13.09.01 EP

Filing date 4 September 2002

Wipo publication date 24 March 2003

Acceptance publication date 21 August 2008

A23L 1/275 (2006.01) Foods or foodstuffs

A61K 9/08 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Solutions

A61K 9/10 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Dispersions

A61K 9/107 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Emulsions

A61K 9/20 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Pills, lozenges or tablets

A61K 9/48 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate

A61K 36/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations of undetermined constitution containing material from algae, lichens, fungi or plants, or derivatives thereof, e.g. traditional herbal medicines

A61K 47/04 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives

A61K 47/06 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Organic compounds

A61K 47/10 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Alcohols

A61K 47/14 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Esters of carboxylic acids

A61K 47/20 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - containing sulfur

A61K 47/22 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Heterocyclic compounds

A61K 47/26 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Carbohydrates

A61K 47/36 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Polysaccharides

A61K 47/42 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Proteins

C07C 403/24 (2006.01) Derivatives of cyclohexane or of a cyclohexene, having a side-chain containing an acyclic unsaturated part of at least four carbon atoms, this part being directly attached to the cyclohexane or cyclohexene rings, e.g. vitamin A, beta-carotene, beta-ionone

C09B 61/00 (2006.01) Dyes of natural origin prepared from natural sources

C09B 67/02 (2006.01) Influencing the physical, e.g. the dyeing or printing, properties of dyestuffs without chemical reaction, e.g. by treating with solvents

C09B 67/46 (2006.01) Influencing the physical, e.g. the dyeing or printing, properties of dyestuffs without chemical reaction, e.g. by treating with solvents