Use of Plant Extracts Comprising Polyphenol for Treating Adiposity and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

The present invention relates to the use of plant extracts comprising polyphenol for treating adiposity and diabetes mellitus type 2. The extracts comprise specific polyphenol compounds, in particular procyanidin A3 isomers. The invention further relates to methods for producing extracts of said kind from plants, in particular from leaves and stems. The plants are preferably Ericaceae, for example vaccinium species, in particular lingonberry (Vaccinium vitisidea), blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium microcarpum, Vaccinium erythrocarpum) and bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum). Identical or similar compounds having the same effect can be obtained from chestnut Aesculus hippocastaneum and Aesculus pavia and from laurel (Laurus nobilis) and from rhododendron species, in particular rhododendron catawbiense and can be used with the same effect.

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Patents:
WO 2,010,083,937

Inventor(s): JONAS LUDWIG [DE]; TOOMIK PEETER [EE]; PUESSA TOENU [EE]; MICHALLIK DIRK [DE]

Type of Offer: Sale



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