Who owns the IP
The organizations most actively patenting around this compound, ranked by referenced patent volume.
| # | Assignee | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondelez International Inc | 347 |
| 2 | BASF SE | 294 |
| 3 | Mars Inc | 110 |
| 4 | DSM Firmenich AG | 93 |
| 5 | Fujifilm Holdings Corp | 86 |
| 6 | Nissan Chemical Corp | 61 |
| 7 | Nippon Fine Chemical Co Ltd | 59 |
| 8 | Colgate Palmolive Co | 51 |
| 9 | Maxingvest AG | 48 |
| 10 | Amyris Inc | 47 |
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Patent classifications ranked by volume reveal the technical domains with the most active filing.
| # | Code | Area | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A61K | Medicinal preparations | 1,803 |
| 2 | A23L | Foods and beverages (general) | 1,098 |
| 3 | A61Q | Cosmetics, personal care | 980 |
| 4 | A61P | Therapeutic activity (drug indications) | 939 |
| 5 | A23V | Foods, foodstuffs - indexing scheme | 704 |
| 6 | A23G | Cocoa, chocolate, confectionery | 598 |
| 7 | A23K | Animal feeds | 446 |
| 8 | A23P | 336 | |
| 9 | C09B | 221 | |
| 10 | C07C | Acyclic and carbocyclic compounds | 202 |
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See Cypris in actionRepresentative patents
The filings that best characterise the patent activity around this compound, most-referenced first.
| Title | Year | Assignee | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bixin colorant compositions | 2000 | Icahn Enterprises LP | 37 |
| BIXIN DERIVATIVE AND CYTOPROTECTIVE AGENT | 2012 | 6 | |
| Carotenoid dye esp. lycopene prepn. - by esterifying bixin, reducing ester and reacting alcohol with ketone esp. methyl heptenone | 1977 | 6 | |
| Process to convert bixin to a food color and the resulting product | 1957 | 4 | |
| Novel esters of bixins and norbixins and process for the manufacture thereof | 1956 | Roche Holding AG | 3 |
How research activity has moved
Papers published per year for this compound, over the last decade of indexed records.
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Who's driving the science
The most-published authors working with this compound, alongside their primary affiliations.
| # | Author | Affiliation | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siva Ramamoorthy | Vellore Institute of Technology University | 7 |
| 2 | Shasha Tao | Soochow University | 6 |
| 3 | C. George Priya Doss | Vellore Institute of Technology University | 5 |
| 4 | Lusânia Maria Greggi Antunes | Universidade de São Paulo | 5 |
| 5 | Alessandro de Oliveira Rios | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | 5 |
| 6 | Renata Rivera‐Madrid | Secretaría de Investigación, Innovación y Educación Superior | 4 |
| 7 | Teruo Kawada | Kyoto University | 3 |
| 8 | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Kyoto University | 3 |
| 9 | Wagner Campos Otoni | Universidade Federal de Viçosa | 3 |
| 10 | Tatiana Emanuelli | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria | 3 |
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See Cypris in actionThe literature that defines it
The most-cited papers anchoring the scientific record for this compound.
| Title | Year | Cited by | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosynthesis of the Food and Cosmetic Plant Pigment Bixin (Annatto) | 2003 | 250 | Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms |
| Interaction of Curcumin and Bixin with β-Cyclodextrin: Complexation Methods, Stability, and Applications in Food | 2011 | 181 | Curcumin's Biomedical Applications |
| To dye or not to dye: biochemistry of annatto unveiled | 2003 | 127 | Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms |
| Antioxidant action of bixin against cisplatin-induced chromosome aberrations and lipid peroxidation in rats | 2001 | 123 | Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress |
| Binding between Bixin and Whey Protein at pH 7.4 Studied by Spectroscopy and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry | 2012 | 120 | Proteins in Food Systems |
Frequently asked questions
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