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(43) Date of publication: 29.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/53 (21) Application number: 02714390.8 (22) Date of filing: 25.03.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A23L 1/06, A23L 1/05, A61K 35/78 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2002/000976 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/079812 (02.10.2003 Gazette 2003/40)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (71) Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC ANDINDUSTRIAL RESEARCH New Delhi 100 001 (IN)

(72) Inventors: QAZI, Gulam Nabi,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) TICKOO, Chuni Lal,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) GUPTA, Ashok Kumar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) GUPTA, Devinder Kumar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) JAGGI, Bupinder Singh,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SINGH, Ram Pal,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SINGH, Gurdeep,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) CHANDAN, Bal Krishan,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SURI, Krishan Avtar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SATTI, Naresh Kumar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) GUPTA, Vishwanath,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) BAKSHI, Santosh Kumar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) BEDI, Kasturi Lal,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SURI, Om Parkash,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SURI, Satish Chander,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SOMAL, Preeti,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) SINGH, Surjit,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) KHAJURIA, Anamika,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) GANJOO, Sudesh Kumar,Regional Res. Lab. Jammu Jammu 180 001 (IN) KUMAR, Arun Jammu 180 001 (IN) (74) Representative: Howard, Paul Nicholas et al Carpmaels & Ransford43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)