Plant phenols extraction and activation thereof, to use as feed additive in animal husbandry particularly ruminants to help reducing CO2 from environment

Abstract

Feed additive including sodium carbonate feed additive polyphenol particles can be fed to animals to reduce methane or carbon dioxide emission. The feed additive polyphenol particles can be prepared by reacting phenols with sodium percarbonate (2Na2CO3.3H2O2) in a solution of water, a peroxidase and a dispersing agent. The sodium percarbonate can be dissolved in the water solution to generate sodium and carbonate ions, which can be incorporated to the polyphenol particles for assisting the animals in digesting the feed additive. The dispersing agent can be used to limit the sizes of the particles to facilitate the consumption of the feed additive by the animals.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An animal feed additive for reducing carbon dioxide emission from the animal,
 wherein the animal feed additive comprises sodium carbonate polyphenol particles configured to be orally consumed by the animal in mixing with other feeds,   wherein the sodium carbonate polyphenol particles comprise oxidized phenol components bonded with an amount of sodium components and carbonate components sufficient to assist in dissolving the sodium carbonate polyphenol particles when the animal digesting the sodium carbonate polyphenol particles,   wherein the sodium carbonate polyphenol particles comprise sizes less than a threshold value for ease of animal consumption,
 wherein the oxidized phenol components comprise a polyphenol extracted from pomegranate, green tea, apple peel, garlic or yucca, 
 wherein the oxidized phenol components are bonded to the sodium and carbonate components by reacting the polyphenol with an oxidant comprising sodium percarbonate using an enzyme as a catalyst in a solvent, 
 wherein the enzyme comprises horse radish peroxidase or amylase, 
 wherein the solvent comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon, 
   wherein the sizes of the particles are limited by controlling a coalescing behavior of the oxidation of the polyphenol using a dispersing agent comprising a grain or seed oil.   
     
     
         2 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the threshold value is between 5 and 7 cm.   
     
     
         3 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 7 ,
 wherein the threshold value is less than 10 cm.   
     
     
         4 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 , further comprising
 seaweed, bromo chloromethane, 2-Bromoethanol sulfate, ciclodextrine, and asparagopsis taxiformis or asparagopsis armata.   
     
     
         5 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 , further comprising
 feed grains, flavorings, colorants, micronutrients, or vitamins.   
     
     
         6 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein a temperature of the reaction is less than 40 degrees Celsius.   
     
     
         7 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein a pH of the reaction is between 4 and 9.   
     
     
         8 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the sodium and carbonate components comprise sodium and carbonate ions generated by dissolving the sodium percarbonate in a solution.   
     
     
         9 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein sodium carbonate polyphenol particles is formed by gradually adding sodium percarbonate at a rate which is approximately equal to the rate of consumption of the sodium percarbonate.   
     
     
         10 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the sizes of the particles is controlled by gradually adding the dispersant agent at an amount to limit a growing of the particle sizes.   
     
     
         11 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 1 ,
 wherein a ratio of the phenol to the dispersing agent is between 3 to 1 and 1 to 3,   wherein a ratio of the phenol to the oxidant is between 0.1 to 2.5 moles of oxidant per 100 grams of phenol, and   wherein a ratio of the phenol to the enzyme is between 10 mg to 5 g of enzyme per 100 grams of phenol.   
     
     
         12 . An animal feed additive for reducing carbon dioxide emission from the animal, the animal feed supplement comprises a dried particle configured to be orally consumed by the animal in mixing with other feeds,
 wherein the dried particle comprises
 an oxidized phenol component,
 wherein the phenol component comprises a polyphenol extracted from pomegranate, green tea, apple peel, garlic or yucca, 
 wherein the phenol component is oxidized by reacting with an oxidant using an enzyme as a catalyst in a solvent, 
 wherein the enzyme comprises horse radish peroxidase or amylase, 
 wherein the solvent comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon, 
 
 sodium and carbonate components bonded to the oxidized phenol component,
 wherein the particle comprises the sodium carbonate component by using the oxidant comprising sodium percarbonate, 
 
 wherein a size of the particle is limited to be less than a threshold value by controlling a coalescing behavior of the oxidation of the phenol using a dispersing agent in the solvent,
 wherein the dispersing agent comprises a grain or seed oil. 
 
   
     
     
         13 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 12 ,
 wherein the threshold value is between 5 and 7 cm.   
     
     
         14 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 12 , further comprising
 seaweed, bromo chloromethane, 2-Bromoethanol sulfate, ciclodextrine, asparagopsis taxiformis or asparagopsis armata, feed grains, flavorings, colorants, micronutrients, or vitamins.   
     
     
         15 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 12 ,
 wherein the sodium and carbonate components comprise sodium and carbonate ions generated by dissolving the sodium percarbonate in a solution.   
     
     
         16 . An animal feed additive for reducing carbon dioxide emission from the animal, the animal feed supplement comprises dried sodium carbonate polyphenol particles configured to be orally consumed by the animal in mixing with other feeds,
 wherein the dried sodium carbonate polyphenol particles comprise sodium components, carbonate components, and oxidized phenol components bonded to sizes limited to be less than a threshold value,   wherein the oxidized phenol components comprise a polyphenol extracted from pomegranate, green tea, apple peel, garlic or yucca,
 wherein the phenol components are oxidized by reacting the polyphenol with an oxidant using an enzyme as a catalyst in a solvent, 
 wherein the enzyme comprises horse radish peroxidase or amylase, 
 wherein the solvent comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon, 
   wherein the sodium components and the carbonate components are bonded to the oxidized phenol components through the oxidation of the polyphenol with the oxidant comprising sodium percarbonate,   wherein sizes of the particles are limited to be less than the threshold value by controlling a coalescing behavior of the oxidation of the polyphenol using a dispersing agent comprising a grain or seed oil.   
     
     
         17 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 16 ,
 wherein the threshold value is between 5 and 7 cm.   
     
     
         18 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 16 , further comprising
 seaweed, bromo chloromethane, 2-Bromoethanol sulfate, ciclodextrine, asparagopsis taxiformis or asparagopsis armata, feed grains, flavorings, colorants, micronutrients, or vitamins.   
     
     
         19 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 16 ,
 wherein sodium carbonate polyphenol particles is formed by gradually adding sodium percarbonate at a rate which is approximately equal to the rate of consumption of the sodium percarbonate.   
     
     
         20 . An animal feed additive as in  claim 16 ,
 wherein the sizes of the particles is controlled by gradually adding the dispersant agent at an amount to limit a growing of the particle sizes.