US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Antimicrobial hevamine A-related compositions and methods" (Senegalese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,052, issued on March 11.

"Antimicrobial hevamine A-related compositions and methods" was invented by Michael Powell (Douglasville, Ga.) and Erick Vidjin' Agnih Gbodossou (Dakar-Etoile, Senegal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, nutraceutical compositions, methods of preparation and methods of use comprise a nutraceutical composition comprising an antimicrobial hevamine A-related protein from Momordica balsamina alone or in combination with one or more nutraceutical ingredients. In another aspect, a method of preventing or treating a microbial infection in a plant comprises applying an effective amount of a composition con...