Title (en)

PELLETIZING YEW BIOMASS FOR EXTRACTION OF TAXANES AND OTHER NATURAL PRODUCTS

Title (de)

PELLETISIERUNG VON EIBENBIOMASSE ZUR EXTRAKTION VON TAXANEN UND ANDEREN NATURPRODUKTEN

Title (fr)

AGGLOMERATION D'UNE BIOMASSE D'IF PERMETTANT L'EXTRACTION DE TAXANES ET D'AUTRES PRODUITS NATURELS

Publication

EP 1594668 A4 20060607 (EN)

Application

EP 03815018 A 20031230

Priority

• US 0341824 W 20031230
• US 43743402 P 20021231

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004060626A1] A process of making Yew pellets from Yew tree material is disclosed herein. The process comprising the steps of (i) adding from about 1% to about 20% w/w water to the Yew tree material; and (ii) compressing the Yew tree material in a die to from a pellet whereby the resulting pellet has a final moisture content of less than 10% by weight. The yew pellets produced herein are suitable for extracting taxane molecules from the pellets.

IPC 8 full level

B29B 9/08 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); B01J 2/00 (2006.01); B29B 11/06 (2006.01); B29B 11/12 (2006.01); B29B 11/14 (2006.01); C07D 305/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 36/15 (2013.01); C07D 305/14 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

• [Y] US 5393896 A 19950228 - MARGRAFF RODOLPHE [FR]
• [Y] WO 9634973 A1 19961107 - SAMYANG GENEX CO LTD [KR], et al
• [Y] US 4941948 A 19900717 - YAMAMOTO JUNSABURO [JP]
• [DY] US 6375447 B1 20020423 - ZITRON ZAIMAN [US], et al
• [Y] RAO K V ET AL: "Taxanes from the bark of Taxus brevifolia", PHYTOCHEMISTRY, PERGAMON PRESS, GB, vol. 47, no. 7, April 1998 (1998-04-01), pages 1315 - 1324, XP004293895, ISSN: 0031-9422
• See references of WO 2004060626A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004060626 A1 20040722; AU 2003303565 A1 20040729; CA 2512170 A1 20040722; EP 1594668 A1 20051116; EP 1594668 A4 20060607

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0341824 W 20031230; AU 2003303565 A 20031230; CA 2512170 A 20031230; EP 03815018 A 20031230