Patent ID: 7462369

Claim:
An anti-viral composition, comprising: about 0.005% by weight or more and about 20% by weight or less of at least one zinc compound; about 0.001% by weight or more and about 20% by weight or less of at least one antioxidant; and from about 40% to about 99.9% by weight of at least one pharmaceutical carrier; wherein (i) the pharmaceutical carrier comprises at least one hydrocarbyl compound containing no more than one hetero atom for every five carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl compound and the anti-viral composition comprises from about 10% by weight or more and about 80% by weight or less of the at least one hydrocarbyl compound, (ii) the zinc compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of zinc, zinc chloride, zinc acetate, zinc citrate, zinc sudoxicam, zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, zinc carbonate, zinc tartrate, zinc maleate, zinc lactate, zinc aminoacetate, zinc aspartate, zinc glutamate, zinc propionate, zinc oleate, zinc benzoate, zinc butyrate, zinc formate, zinc glycerate, zinc glycolate, zinc oxide, zinc ethylenediamine tetraacetate, zinc pentosan polysulfate, zinc oxyacetate, and hydrates thereof, and (iii) the antioxidant is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of butylated hydroxytoluene, 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-cumylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-nonylphenol, 2,6-dicumylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-isooctylphenol, 4,4′-methylene-bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol), and 2,2′-methylene-bis(4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol).