US Patent Issued to Oregon State University on Jan. 27 for "Xanthohumol derivatives and methods for making and using" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,439, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Xanthohumol derivatives and methods for making and using" was invented by Ines L. Paraiso (Corvallis, Ore.), Jan Frederik Stevens (Corvallis, Ore.), Paul R. Blakemore (Corvallis, Ore.) and Luce M. Mattio (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Representative xanthohumol derivatives have been made and have been tested in vivo in mice. Such derivatives have a number of important medicinal benefits, including improving glucose tolerance and decreasing weight gain by increasing energy expenditure and locomotor activity in treated subjects. Disclos...