ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,571, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China).
"Method for enhancing tyrosinase inhibitory activity" was invented by Liuping Fan (Wuxi, China), Qun Yu (Wuxi, China) and Jinwei Li (Wuxi, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a method for enhancing tyrosinase inhibitory activity, and belongs to the technical field of intensive and deep processing of fruits and vegetables. The disclosure improves an inhibitory effect of a tyrosinase inhibitor on tyrosinase in manner of heating treatment; the tyrosinase inhibitor consists of a phenolic acid with a concentration of 0.6-1.8 mg/mL and a sap...