stable gingerol product

Title: Commercialization of stable gingerol product with 8 per cent gingerol from the KAU ginger variety Karthika

Innovator: Kerala Agricultural University

In the CRS project entitled “Metabolome analysis in ginger and product development using gingerol”, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur in association with Arjuna Natural Extracts Ltd., Aluva has developed a stable gingerol product with 8 per cent gingerol with the high gingerol yielding variety “Karthika” released from Kerala Agricultural University. With the development of new stable gingerol product from the variety Karthika, the problems faced by the industry such as low recovery of gingerol from raw materials and non-stability of gingerol in the final product could be rectified. The safely evaluation of the product developed by studying the acute and sub acute toxicity in animal models showed that the product is safe without any adverse effects.

USP: The ginger oleoresin, which is originally in the liquid form upon extraction, is converted into the powder form, which can be easily handled. Moreover , the powder form of the extract have a high Gingerol content of 8, as compared to the normal powder form available in the market, which contains only up to 3. Since the right proportion of anti-oxidants are incorporated in the product through a proprietary process , based on extensive R&D activities, the gingerols have a very good stability in the product. Gingerol is a therapeutic agent for motion sickness, allergic asthma, arthritis related problems and cardiovascular diseases. If commercialized, this can be used as a nutraceutical / pharmaceutical ingredient which has got high market potential in India and abroad. The product made from high quality raw material following good manufacturing process could supply quality finished product to the society and since raw material is with high gingerol content there will be higher recovery of final product also.

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Kerala Agricultural University

Arjuna Natural Ltd is India’s leading manufacturer and exporter of standardized botanical extracts for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries for more than two decades. Established in 1989, the company has grown in epic proportion with customers in around 40 countries and has several international patents to its credit of which majority are commercialized globally. With a total manufacturing area of 400000 sq.ft. its four manufacturing facilities for herbal extracts meet all international standards. Arjuna an ISO22000 company is a GMP certified, SAP driven company with Star K Kosher and Halal certification. The company manufactures more than 50 products coming under health and nutrition, food ingredients and flavours and fragrances. Currently in India Arjuna is the only manufacturer of concentrated Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil. Other products of repute are BCM-95 R , biocurcumin for its bio available curcumin and is today considered as the world’s most trusted route to bio available curcumin, Amlamax a patented product from the ripe fruits of Amla , AKBAMAX extract of Boswellia serrata and the most recent product Oxystorm- world’s first nitrate extract from Red Spinach.The company has an R& D tie up with international universities from Australia, US and Japan.

  • Product Name: stable gingerol product
  • Product Title: Commercialization of stable gingerol product with 8 per cent gingerol from the KAU ginger variety Karthika
  • Description: In the CRS project entitled “Metabolome analysis in ginger and product development using gingerol”, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur in association with Arjuna Natural Extracts Ltd., Aluva has developed a stable gingerol product with 8 per cent gingerol with the high gingerol yielding variety “Karthika” released from Kerala Agricultural University. With the development of new stable gingerol product from the variety Karthika, the problems faced by the industry such as low recovery of gingerol from raw materials and non-stability of gingerol in the final product could be rectified. The safely evaluation of the product developed by studying the acute and sub acute toxicity in animal models showed that the product is safe without any adverse effects.
  • Unique Selling Point: The ginger oleoresin, which is originally in the liquid form upon extraction, is converted into the powder form, which can be easily handled. Moreover , the powder form of the extract have a high Gingerol content of 8, as compared to the normal powder form available in the market, which contains only up to 3. Since the right proportion of anti-oxidants are incorporated in the product through a proprietary process , based on extensive R&D activities, the gingerols have a very good stability in the product. Gingerol is a therapeutic agent for motion sickness, allergic asthma, arthritis related problems and cardiovascular diseases. If commercialized, this can be used as a nutraceutical / pharmaceutical ingredient which has got high market potential in India and abroad. The product made from high quality raw material following good manufacturing process could supply quality finished product to the society and since raw material is with high gingerol content there will be higher recovery of final product also.
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