Nutritional supplement

• US 20090061023A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford D. Albritton IV
• Original Assignee: Ford D. Albritton IV
• Inventors: Albritton, Ford D. IV
• Application Number:
  US11/897,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20090061023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/639
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/10 using additives addition of substantially indigestible substances A23L33/21
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/105 Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/12 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/15 Vitamins
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/175 Amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/05 Phenols cannabinoids A61K31/658
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/122 having the oxygen directly attached to a ring, e.g. quinones, vitamin K1, anthralin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/198 Alpha-amino acids, e.g. alanine or edetic acid [EDTA] betaine A61K31/205; proline A61K31/401; tryptophan A61K31/405; histidine A61K31/4172; peptides not degraded to individual amino acids A61K38/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/225 Polycarboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/353 3,4-Dihydrobenzopyrans, e.g. chroman, catechin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/385 having two or more sulfur atoms in the same ring
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/51 Thiamines, e.g. vitamin B1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/519 ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/675 having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. pyridoxal phosphate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/7048 having oxygen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. leucoglucosan, hesperidin, erythromycin, nystatin , digitoxin or digoxin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/714 Cobalamins, e.g. cyanocobalamin, i.e. vitamin B12
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/00 Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/08 Oxides; Hydroxides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/82 Theaceae (Tea family), e.g. camellia
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/9068 Zingiber, e.g. garden ginger
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/16 : Otologicals

Abstract

A nutritional supplement for inhibiting sensorineural hearing loss includes from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % thiamin, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate, from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % folic acid, from about 0.025 to about 4.0 wt. % hydroxycobalamin, from about 1 to about 7 wt. % magnesium, from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % zinc, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 wt. % selenium, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % manganese, from about 5 to about 50 wt. % ginger root P.E. 4:1, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % citrus bioflavonoids, from about 2.5 to about 40 wt. % 1-cystine, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % n-acetlyl-l-carnitine, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % alpha lipoic acid, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % coenzyme Q10, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % green tea extract, and from about 1 to about 60 wt. % resveratrol.

Claims

1. A nutritional supplement comprising:

a combination of resveratrol, EGCG, acetlyl-l-carnitine, alpha lipoic acid coenzyme Q10, hesperidin in the form of citrus bioflavonoids, and pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate in nutritionally effective amounts and wherein the supplement inhibits sensorineural hearing loss.

3. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the hesperidin is provided in the form of citrus bioflavonoids comprising about 20 wt. % hesperidin.

4. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the EGCG is provided in the form of green tea extract comprising 90 wt. % catechins and wherein the catechins comprise about 50 wt. % EGCG.

5. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 5-50 wt. % ginger root P.E 4:

1.

7. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 2.5 to about 40 wt. % l-cysteine.

8. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 1 to about 7 wt. % magnesium oxide and from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % zinc citrate.

9. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.001 to about 0.02 wt.

6-1. selenium amino acid chelate and from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % manganese amino acid chelate.

6-2. catechins and wherein the catechins comprise about 50 wt. % EGCG. % . The nutritional supplement of claim 10 further comprising:

from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % thiamin, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate, from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % folic acid, from about 0.025 to about 4.0 wt. % hydroxycobalamin, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % citrus bioflavonoids, from about 2.5 to about 40 wt. % 1-cystine, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % n-acetlyl-l-carnitine, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % alpha lipoic acid, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % coenzyme Q10, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % green tea extract, and from about 1 to about 60 wt. % resveratrol.

10. A nutritional supplement comprising;

a combination of thiamin, pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate, folic acid, hydroxycobalamin, ginger root P.E 4;

1, hesperidin, l-cysteine, n-acetlyl-l-carnitine, alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, EGCG, and resveratrol in nutritionally effective amounts and wherein the supplement inhibits sensorineural hearing loss.

2. The supplement of claim 1 further comprising:

from about 1-60 wt. % resveratrol, 1-40 wt. % green tea extract, from about 5-40 wt. % acetlyl-l-carnitine, from about 1%-40 wt. % alpha lipoic acid, from about 1-40 wt. % coenzyme Q10, from about 5-40 wt. % citrus bioflavonoids and from about 0.1-10 wt. % pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate.

6. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1-10 wt. % folic acid.

11. The nutritional supplement of claim 10 wherein the hesperidin is provided in the form of citrus bioflavonoids.

12. The nutritional supplement of claim 11 wherein the citrus bioflavonoids comprise about 20 wt. % hesperidin.

13. The nutritional supplement of claim 10 wherein the EGCG is provided in the form of green tea extract.

14. The nutritional supplement of claim 13 wherein the green tea extract comprises about 90 wt.

16. The nutritional supplement of claim 10 further comprising magnesium, zinc, selenium and manganese.

17. The nutritional supplement of claim 14 further comprising from about 1 to about 7 wt. % magnesium, from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % zinc, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 wt. % selenium and from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % manganese.

18. The nutritional supplement of claim 10 further comprising from about 5 to about 50 wt. % ginger root P.E. 4:

1.

19. A nutritional supplement consisting essentially of:

from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % thiamin, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate, from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % folic acid, from about 0.025 to about 4.0 wt. % hydroxycobalamin, from about 1 to about 7 wt. % magnesium, from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % zinc, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 wt. % selenium, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % manganese, from about 5 to about 50 wt. % ginger root P.E. 4;

1, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % citrus bioflavonoids, from about 2.5 to about 40 wt. % 1-cystine, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % n-acetlyl-l-carnitine, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % alpha lipoic acid, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % coenzyme Q10, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % green tea extract, and from about 1 to about 60 wt. % resveratrol and wherein the supplement inhibits sensorineural hearing loss.

20. The nutritional supplement of claim 19 wherein the citrus bioflavonoids comprise about 20 wt. % hesperidin and wherein the green tea extract comprises 90 wt. % catechins and wherein the catechins comprise about 50 wt. % EGCG.