Patent ID: 6884783

Claim:
A method for providing an antioxidant to a host in need thereof, comprising administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a 7-hydroxychromone or a mixture of 7-hydroxychromones; wherein said 7-hydroxychromone or mixtures thereof are selected from the group of compounds having the following structure: wherein: R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of —H, —OH, alkyl, alkenyl, oxoalkyl, oxoalkenyl, hydroxylalkyl, hydroxylalkenyl, —OR, an ester selected from the group consisting of gallate, acetate, cinnamoyl, and hydroxyl-cinnamoyl esters, trihydroxybenzoyl esters, caffeoyl esters, and a hexose or pentose, wherein said hexose or pentose is linked to the 7-hydroxychromone by a carbon, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen and wherein said hexose or pentose is selected from the group consisting of aldopentoses, methyl aldopentose, aldohexoses, ketohexoses and mixtures thereof and wherein said hexose or pentose is optionally substituted to from an ester selected from the group consisting of gallate, acetate, cinnamoyl and hydroxyl-cinnamoyl esters, trihydroxybenzoyl esters and caffeoyl esters; wherein said alkyl and/or alkenyl group is a straight and/or branched chain having between 1-20 carbon atoms with and/or without double bonds in different positions; X is selected from the group of pharmaceutically acceptable counter anions consisting of hydroxyl, chloride, iodide, sulfate, phosphate, acetate, fluoride, and carbonate; and R is an alkyl group having between 1-20 carbon atoms.