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Nutritional or therapeutic compositions and methods to increase bodily glutathione levels

a technology of bodily glutathione and composition, which is applied in the field of nutritional or therapeutic compositions, can solve the problems of not being synthesized intracellularly, unable to absorb individual cells as such, and unable to achieve the effect of enhancing the immune activity of a mammal, increasing the production of glutathione, and increasing the formation of glutathion

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-08-23
THE PROIMMUNE
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"This patent describes a composition that can increase the production of glutathione, a substance that helps protect the immune system from infections and other diseases. The composition contains selenium, glutamic acid, cystine, and glycine, which are all precursors for the formation of glutathione. The composition can be used alone or in combination with other safe carriers, and it can be applied to treat a wide range of diseases associated with free radicals or reactive oxygen or nitrogen species."

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It is known that insufficient levels of glutathione may result in the onset of numerous diseases.
Even if some of the tripeptide gets through the gastrointestinal wall intact, it is questionable whether it can be absorbed as such into the individual cell, rather than being synthesized intracellularly.

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[0022]In accordance with the present invention, the compositions described and claimed herein will contain components suitable for the anabolic production of glutathione once they have been transported through the mucous membrane. As presently conceived, the precursors of glutathione are glutamic acid, cystine and glycine.

[0023]It will be appreciated by the skilled artisan that the proposed components are amphoteric and therefore may be employed as non-toxic metal salts or acid addition salts. Typically, the salts are alkalic or alkaline earth metal salts, preferably sodium, potassium or calcium salts. Suitable acid addition salts include salts of hydrochloric, phosphoric and citric acid.

[0024]The amino acids may also be employed in the form of certain of their derivatives including esters and anhydrides which before or after transport through the mucous membrane will be modified into the form in which they will be joined together to form glutathione.

[0025]All of this will be readil...

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Abstract

Nutritional or therapeutic compositions containing glutamic acid, cystine, glycine and a selenium precursor and methods for their utilization to increase glutathione synthesis and thereby enhance the immune system are described.

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[0001]More than one application for the Reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,592,908 has been filed. The reissue applications are the present application and U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 181,001, filed Jul. 13, 2005, and issued as U.S. Pat. RE 39,734 on Jul. 17, 2007.STATEMENT OF PRIORITY[0002]This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 181,001, filed Jul. 13, 2005 and which issued as U.S. Pat. RE 39,734 on Jul. 17, 2007, which is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,592,908 which issued on Jul. 13, 2005 from U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 252,957, filed Sep. 23, 2002, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]This invention relates to nutritional or therapeutic compositions useful for treating mammals to increase their body content of glutathione above a pretreatment level thereby to enhance the immune activity of the treated mammal. More specifically, it relates to compositions containing a selenium compound together with a glutathione precursor which is a mixtur...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K31/095A61P3/02A61K31/198A61K31/197A61P37/04A61K33/04A61K45/06
CPCA23L1/304A61K9/2018A61K31/095A61K31/197A61K31/198A61K33/04A61K45/06A23L1/3051Y10S514/905A23V2002/00Y10S514/836A61K2300/00A23V2250/1626A23V2250/06A23L33/16A23L33/175A61P19/02A61P25/28A61P29/00A61P3/00A61P3/02A61P31/18A61P35/00A61P37/00A61P37/02A61P37/04A61P39/06A61P43/00A61P9/10
Inventor CRUM, ALBERT
Owner THE PROIMMUNE
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