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Patent application - Fruitflow and air pollution
Patent application - Fruitflow and air pollution.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2215Y Provexis PLC 04 December 2017 \n\n4 December 2017\nProvexis plc\n \nPatent application - Fruitflow® protects against adverse effects of air pollution\n \nProvexis plc ('Provexis' or the 'Company'), the business that develops, licenses and sells the proprietary, scientifically-proven Fruitflow® heart-health functional food ingredient, is delighted to announce the filing of a patent application relating to the use of Fruitflow® in protecting against the adverse effects of air pollution on the body's cardiovascular system.\n \nRecent laboratory work has shown that Fruitflow can reduce the platelet activation caused by airborne particulate matter, such as that from diesel emissions, by approximately one third. The beneficial effects of this reduction can be observed in laboratory models representing healthy subjects as well as in models representing subjects with an underlying cardiovascular problem.\n \nThe patent application describes 'a composition comprising a water soluble tomato extract (Fruitflow®) for use in maintaining cardiovascular health, lessening the risk of developing a cardiovascular health problem, or reducing the likelihood of worsening an existing cardiovascular health problem in a subject who is exposed, or is at risk of exposure, to particulate air pollution.'\n \nUses of Fruitflow® described in the patent application include:\n· Maintaining healthy platelet function in the presence of air pollution;\n· Maintaining a healthy blood circulation and blood flow in the presence of air pollution;\n· Reducing the risk of an adverse cardiovascular condition, such as atherosclerosis or thrombosis, in the presence of particulate matter air pollution;\n· Reducing the severity of cardiovascular diseases when exposed to particulate matter; and\n· Reducing the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory illness in an air polluted environment.\n \nAn international patent application has been filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system, with the Company seeking to secure patent protection in all major global territories.\n \nThe World Health Organization ('WHO') estimates¹ that:\n· In 2012 around 1 in 9 deaths were attributed to exposure to air polluti...