Appetite control compositions and methods of use

• US 20050053555A1
• Filed: 07/14/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crave Busters LLC
• Original Assignee: Crave Busters LLC
• Inventors: Pederson, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US10/891,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20050053555A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/48
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 3/48 containing plants or parts thereof, e.g. fruits, seeds, extracts containing gums A23G3/42
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/105 Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/332 Promoters of weight control and weight loss
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/21 Plant extracts
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/252 Glycyrrhizin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/27 Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family), e.g. hoya
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/484 Glycyrrhiza (licorice)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 45/06 Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca

Abstract

Appetite control compositions comprise Gymnema sylvestre and an expectorant. In some embodiments, the appetite control compositions contain from about 3 mg to about 50 mg of gymnemic acid (an extract of Gymnema sylvestre), from about 10 mg to about 80 mg of glycyrrhizin (an extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra), high impact flavor, and a sweetening agent in a non-traditional dosage form. A non-traditional dosage form provides for the topical application of medicaments to the tissues of the mouth and tongue, more specifically, to the sweetness taste receptors of the tongue. By delivering gymnemic acid to the sweetness receptors of the tongue, the sensation of sweetness is blocked, thereby providing appetite control.

Claims

1. An edible composition in a non-traditional dosage form, comprising:

an extract of Gymnema sylvestre in an amount from about 3 mg to about 50 mg; and

an expectorant.

2. The edible composition of claim 1, wherein the expectorant comprises a salivation-inducing amount of the expectorant.

3. The edible composition of claim 1, wherein the non-traditional dosage form comprises a candy, a tablet, a mouth spray, a toothpaste, a gum drop, a chocolate bar, a lozenge, a pectin dessert, or a gelatin dessert.

4. The edible composition of claim 1, wherein the non-traditional dosage form comprises a dosage form enabling time-extended topical application of the edible composition to an oral tissue.

5. The edible composition of claim 4, wherein the oral tissue comprises a sweetness receptor.

6. The edible composition of claim 1, wherein the expectorant comprises an extract of licorice root.

7. The edible composition of claim 6, wherein the extract of licorice root comprises glycyrrhizin.

8. The edible composition of claim 7, wherein the glycyrrhizin comprises from about 10 mg to about 80 mg of glycyrrhizin.

9. The edible composition of claim 1, wherein the extract of Gymnema sylvestre comprises gymnemic acid.

10. The edible composition of claim 1, further comprising a flavoring.

11. The edible composition of claim 1, further comprising a sweetener.

12. A method for reducing appetite in a subject desiring the same, comprising administering to the subject an edible composition in a non-traditional dosage form, the edible composition comprising an extract of Gymnema sylvestre in an amount from about 3 mg to about 50 mg and an expectorant.

13. A method for promoting weight loss in a subject desiring the same, comprising administering to the subject an edible composition in a non-traditional dosage form, the edible composition comprising an extract of Gymnema sylvestre in an amount from about 3 mg to about 50 mg and an expectorant.

14. A method for reducing appetite in a subject desiring the same, comprising administering to the subject an edible composition in a non-traditional dosage form, the edible composition comprising gymnemic acid in an amount from about 3 mg to about 50 mg and glycyrrhizin in an amount from about 10 mg to about 80 mg.

15. A method for promoting weight loss in a subject desiring the same, comprising administering to the subject an edible composition in a non-traditional dosage form, the edible composition comprising gymnemic acid in an amount from about 3 mg to about 50 mg and glycyrrhizin in an amount from about 10 mg to about 80 mg.