Visual performance and/or macular pigmentation

• US 8,623,428 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2012
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings Limited
• Inventors: Howard, Alan N., Thurnham, David, Nolan, John, Beatty, Stephen, Loughman, James
• Primary Examiner(s): MELLER, MICHAEL V
• Application Number:
  US13/543,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20130011486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 424/725
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/105 Aliphatic or alicyclic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/179 Colouring agents, e.g. pigmenting or dyeing agents
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/75 for poultry
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 15/00 Egg products; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 15/30 Addition of substances other than those covered by A23L15/20 – A23L15/25
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/256 from seaweeds, e.g. alginates, agar or carrageenan
• 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 33/115 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/15 Vitamins
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/16 Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/00 Function of food ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/30 Foods, ingredients or supplements having a functional effect on health
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/00 Food ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1578 Calcium
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1586 Chromium
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1588 Copper
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1592 Iron
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1598 Iodine
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1608 : Molybdenum
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/161 : Magnesium
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1612 : Manganese
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1626 : Selenium
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1642 : Zinc
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/211 : Carotene, carotenoids
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/702 : Vitamin A
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/704 : Vitamin B
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/708 : Vitamin C
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/71 : Vitamin D
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/712 : Vitamin E
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/72 : Biotin
• 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 31/047 : having two or more hydroxy groups, e.g. sorbitol
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/07 : Retinol compounds, e.g. vitamin A retinoic acids A61K31/203
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/202 : having three or more double bonds, e.g. linolenic eicosanoids, e.g. leukotrienes A61K31/557
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/57 : Birds; Materials from birds, e.g. eggs, feathers, egg white, egg yolk or endothelium corneum gigeriae galli
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/60 : Fish, e.g. seahorses; Fish eggs
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 45/06 : Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/48 : Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate A61K9/0004 takes precedence; bite capsules A61K9/0056
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/02 : Ophthalmic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 43/00 : Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00

Abstract

Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.

Claims

1. A method of treating macular degeneration in a human in need thereof consisting essentially of administering therapeutically effective amounts of isolated lutein, isolated zeaxanthin, isolated meso-zeaxanthin and an oil selected from the group consisting of rape seed oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and safflower oil to said human to treat the macular degeneration in the human.