Patent ID: 11912785
Assignee: nan
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 19:
20. A method for decreasing the rate of decomposition of a vitamin and mineral supplement product, comprising incorporating into the vitamin and mineral supplement product an effective amount of one or more peptides, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a physiologically acceptable mineral capable of degrading the vitamin and mineral supplement product,
wherein each of the one or more peptides consist of two to five amino acid residues, at least two of the residues are aspartic acid, and the one or more peptides do not contain histidine, wherein the effective amount of the one or more peptides is from 0.01 mmol to 3.0 mmol per serving size of the vitamin and mineral supplement product;
wherein the physiologically acceptable mineral is intentionally added to the vitamin and mineral supplement product or is endogenously present in the vitamin and mineral supplement product;
wherein the physiologically acceptable mineral is copper, iron, chromium, zinc, manganese, or a combination of the foregoing;
wherein the effective amount of the one or more peptides slows the metal catalyzed oxidative decomposition of the vitamin and mineral supplement product; and
wherein the one or more peptides have both free amino and free carboxy terminals.