US Patent Issued to Salamat Pajoohan Parsian Pharmed on Jan. 27 for "Preparation of soluble form of curcumin" (Iranian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,326, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Salamat Pajoohan Parsian Pharmed (Iran).

"Preparation of soluble form of curcumin" was invented by Gholamhossein Yousefi (Shiraz, Iran), Mohsen Mohammady (Shiraz, Iran) and Seyed Iman Ghetmiri (Shiraz, Iran).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curcumin nanococrystal composition including curcumin, a coformer, and a stabilizer. The coformer may include at least one of 3,5-dinitrobenzoicacid, gentisic acid, phloroglucinol, 4,4-bipyridine, tartaric acid, citric acid, and gallic acid. The curcumin nanococrystal composition has a particle size less than 10 nm, and the curcumin has a water-solubility bet...