Whitened exine shells

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8828464
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13001767

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A whitened exine shell having a degree of whiteness (L*) of greater than 65 measured under D 65 illumination. The shell can be used as a delivery vehicle for an active substance, or as an antioxidant. It can be used in a method of surgery, therapy or diagnosis. The invention provides a formulation containing the whitened exine shell together with an active substance; and a method for preparing the shell by isolating an exine shell from a naturally occurring spore under treatment conditions which do not include aceto lysis, and treating the isolated shell or a precursor thereof with a bleaching composition.

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SPOROMEX LIMITEDMEDINA HOUSE 2 STATION AVENUE BRIDLINGTON EAST YORKSHIRE YO16 4LZ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atkin, Stephen Hessle, GB 1 2
Beckett, Stephen Wiggington, GB 3 143
Mackenzie, Grahame Hull, GB 9 77

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