US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Methods of preparing isomers, analogs, and synthetic derivatives from akuamma seeds" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,094, issued on Oct. 7.

"Methods of preparing isomers, analogs, and synthetic derivatives from akuamma seeds" was invented by Haywood Max Mitchell (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Cecil Page (Ojai, Calif.) and Joseph William Merino (Oxnard, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for the extraction, isolation, and synthesis of akuammine and other naturally occurring alkaloids from the seeds of the plant Picralima nitida (Akuamma), and their conversion to a variety of isomers, analogs, and synthetic derivatives."

The patent was filed on Nov. 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/945,335.

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