MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517048062 A) filed by Firmenich Sa, Satigny, Switzerland, on May 19, for 'process for making flavanone derivatives.'
Inventor(s) include Steiner, Kerstin; and Feldmann Pretre, Nadine.
The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention generally provides a process for the preparation of a class of flavanone derivatives and their use as sweetness enhancers. In particular the present invention provides a process for making a compound of formula (I) as defined herein by reacting a precursor compound of formula (Ia) as defined herein with an acyltransferase enzyme. In some embodiments the compound of formula (Ia) is aromadendrin, taxifolin, dihydrotamarixetin, 3'-O-methyltaxifolin, pinobanksin, 5- deoxyaromadendrin, 5-deoxytaxifolin, 5-deoxydihydrotamarixetin, 5-deoxy-3'-O- methyltaxifolin or 5-deoxypinobanksin. In some embodiments the compound of formula (I) is aromadendrin-3-O-acetate, taxifolin-3-O-acetate, dihydrotamarixetin-3- O-acetate, 3'-O-methyltaxifolin-3-O-acetate, pinobanksin-3-O-acetate, 5- deoxyaromadendrin-3-O-acetate, 5-deoxytaxifolin-3-O-acetate, 5-deoxydihydrotamarixetin-3-O-acetate, 5-deoxy-3'-O-methyltaxifolin-3-O-acetate or 5-deoxypinobanksin-3-O-acetate. The present invention also relates to acyltransferase enzymes that can be used in this process and certain compositions that include such flavanone derivatives, such as compositions that include such flavanone derivatives and one or more other sweeteners."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 28, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/083331.
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