US Patent Issued to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on April 21 for "Method for producing a composition comprising a 3-O-p-coumaroyl ester of tormentic acid from a plant cell culture, applications thereof as antiparasitic agent for the treatment of trypanosomiasis" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,351, issued on April 21, was assigned to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg).

"Method for producing a composition comprising a 3-O-p-coumaroyl ester of tormentic acid from a plant cell culture, applications thereof as antiparasitic agent for the treatment of trypanosomiasis" was invented by Christelle Andre (Hondelange, Belgium), Joelle Leclercq (Beaufays, Belgium), Claire Beaufay (Etterbeek, Belgium), Lucy Catteau (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium) and Sylvain Legay (Metz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for the production of a (poly)hydroxylated...