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Totarol
The Worlds New Natural Active
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Mende Biotech Limited

• Mende Biotech Limited was established in 1999 to
  
• Develop and commercialise the manufacture of
  Totarol
• Focus on research and development in native
  plants for medicines and oils
• Establish sustainable and natural extraction
  methods to supply a selected client base.

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What is Totarol

• Totarol is extracted from recycled Podocarpus
  totara heartwood using supercritical CO2.

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The product Totarol
Totarol is a pale yellow powder/solid which has
no taste and minimal aroma.
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Chemical Composition of Totarol

• Totarol is a natural extract enriched in the
  aromatic diterpenoid, Totarol C20H30O.
• It also contains other bioactives
• related in structure to Totarol.

Totara can live for up to 1000 years Totarol
and related compounds in Totarol protect the
tree from microbial attack
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Antibacterial Activity
Totarol is a naturally occurring plant extract
with potent anti-bacterial activity against gram
positive and gram negative bacteria.

• Totarol is active against acne and tooth decay
  bacteria, and is one of the rare phytochemicals
  active against penicillin and methicillin
  resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus

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Antioxidant Activity
Creams and oils Totarol is a potent antioxidant
for unsaturated fats and oils, and does not lose
its activity with time, c.f. vitamin E

• Totarol strongly inhibits
• lipid peroxidation and
• scavenges ROS (reactive oxygen species)

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What you can use Totarol for?

• It can be used as a preservative base but has to
  be combined with an anti-mould substance

Skin care products Toothpaste/Oral care
products Baby Nappy rash creams Anti Acne
solutions Hair care products
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How to use Totarol

• The percentage of Totarol to use should be
  around 0.1

Add under heat with any oil add to ethanol mix
under heat with base ingredients in the early
stage of manufacture. Totarol does not degrade
under heat.
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Raw material supply

• There is an abundant supply of the raw material
  (dead wood) from the native totara tree available

There is an abundant supply of stumps, fence
posts, and old house piles, as well as fallen
logs, which will guarantee a regular supply for
decades to come.
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Manufacturing Process

• We have developed a novel, patented,
  supercritical extraction process to give us our
  unique product, Totarol.

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Essentially NZ

• Essentially New Zealand is the international
  sales and marketing representative of Mende
  Biotech Limited and all inquiries should be
  directed to this company
• Email info_at_essentiallynz.com