Patent ID: 9220290
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A23K,A23L,A61K,A61P,Y02A

Abstract:
1. An orally ingestable or mucosally absorbed low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof composition, which comprises, an effective amount of said at least one orally ingestable or mucosally absorbed low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof and an effective amount of a preservative, wherein said low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof functions at a site remote from oral ingestion or mucosal absorption comprising at least one hyaluronic acid 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, wherein the low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof contains up to 5% by weight contaminants that would result in microbial growth if the low purity hyaluronic acid or salt thereof is placed into water which does not contain a preservative and is not a pharmaceutical grade; and wherein the up to 5% by weight contaminants comprise a pyrogenic component such that said composition causes a pyrogenic effect if injected.