Patent ID: 8003782
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A23K,A23L,A61K,A61P,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A composition which comprises: a pharmacologically effective amount of at least one orally ingestable or mucosally absorbable low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof, comprising at least one fraction having a molecular weight in the range of greater than 1,000,000 daltons, as measured using a protein standard/intrinsic viscosity, with the proviso that said composition does not contain an essential oil as an active ingredient, and wherein the low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof contains up to 5% by weight protein contaminants, wherein said low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof is defined as causing reactions when injected into owl monkey eyes but will not cause reactions when applied to the skin of mammals or when delivered orally or mucosally to mammals, and an oral or mucosal carrier selected from the group consisting of a liquid, an emulsion, a suspension, a cream, an ointment, a gel, a foam, a solid, a powder, water, a solution, a spray, a throat spray, a drink, a drink mix, a food, a candy, a mouthwash, a toothpaste, a gargle, a vaporizer liquid, a gum, a lozenge, an ingestable gel, an ingestable foam, an ingestable capsule, a tablet, an ingestable tablet, an ingestable dissolvable tablet, a suppository, and an ingestable nutritional supplement.