Patent ID: 7427619
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A nutritional composition for alleviating or reducing fatigue and weakness associated with cancer and cancer chemotherapy comprising riboflavin; an effector of the urea cycle selected from the group consisting of arginine, ornithine, citrulline, and mixture thereof; the amino acids alanine, glycine, seine, taurine, threonine, and valine; a suitable solvent, diluent, excipient, or carrier; and one or more of phenylbutyrate, phenylisoglutamine or phenylglutamine, wherein the concentration of riboflavin is about 5 to about 300 mg/L, concentration of the effector of the urea cycle is about 2 to about 120 mg/mL, concentration of alanine is about 1 to about 90 mg/mL, concentration of glycine is about 1 to about 75 mg/mL, concentration of serine is about 1 to about 75 mg/mL, concentration of taurine is about 0.5 to about 30 mg/mL, concentration of threonine is about 1 to about 90 mg/mL, and concentration of valine is about 1 to about 50 mg/mL and said composition is devoid of the amino acids, glutamine, leucine, and tryptophan.