MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411028666 A) filed by Jiva Herbals, New Delhi, on April 8, 2024, for 'smokeless green chewable formulation and method of preparation thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Singh, Kriti.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to smokeless green chewable formulation comprising: 80 to 98 % w/w of a base product comprising at least one herb; 0.2 to 10 % w/w of nicotine; and 1 to 10 % w/w of a pH regulator. The present disclosure also relates to a method of preparation of a smokeless green chewable formulation comprising: a) processing by collecting, washing, cleaning and drying of a plant foliage material from at least one herb; b) cutting the plant foliage material of step a) followed by drying to obtain a dried foliar plant material small pieces; c) cutting the dried foliar plant material small pieces of step b) to obtain a course or flakes foliar powder; d) processing by sterilization the foliar powder of step c) to obtained a sterilized foliar powder; e) formulating the sterilized foliar powder to obtain a base product; and f) processing by fortification of 80 to 98 % w/w of the base product by 0.2 to 10 % of nicotine suspension in glycerol, and 1 to 10% w/w of a pH regulator to obtain a smokeless green chewable formulation, wherein the nicotine is induced in the base product. The formulations of the present disclosure are free from tobacco, efficient and sustained release of nicotine along with antioxidant activity and are safe, ecofriendly and have no toxicity and free of side effects."
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