Patent ID: 8523975

Claim:
A mineral salt associated with an amino acid and/or ammonium salt, comprising: a salt comprising an anion and a metallic cation, wherein said anion is derived from an organic or inorganic acid; and an amino acid and/or ammonium salt, wherein the amino acid and/or ammonium salt is associated with said metallic cation, wherein the metallic cation is bound to the anion by an ionic bond and is further bound to the amino group of the amino acid or ammonium salt by a covalent dative bond, thereby forming a stabilized mineral salt having the general formula: {[Ac] n− ·Me n+ ←n [Amino acid and/or ammonium salt]}· x H 2 O where: Ac is an anion derived from an organic or inorganic acid; Me is a metal; n is a value from 1 to 3; and x is a value of 0 to 10.