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Extracts derived from laser-irradiated rhizome of curcuma longa having enhanced antimicrobial activity

  • US 12,083,156B1

  • الصحة - Health

  • 2024

  • مكتب البراءات الأمريكي - US Patent Office

  • Aldayel; Munirah Fahad (Al-Ahsa, SA)

  • Methods of producing, compositions containing, and methods for administering curcumin, and particularly extracts obtained from a laser irradiated rhizome of Curcuma longa having an enhanced antimicrobial activity. An ethanolic extract of the laser irradiated rhizome of Curcuma longa exhibits increased levels of bisdemethoxycurcumin and curcumin, as well as of alpha-curcumene, (-)-zingiberene, caryophyllene, and beta sesquiphellandrene as compared to those of an ethanolic extract from a Curcuma longa rhizome not irradiated by a laser.