Patent ID: 7625943

Claim:
A method for increasing the concentration of a parent isoflavone in a subject in vivo, the parent isoflavone having a skeletal structure including a 5 position and a 7 position and the parent isoflavone further having a 5 alkyl group and a 7-hydroxy group comprising a 7-hydroxy oxygen appended to the 7 position and a 7-hydroxy hydrogen appended to the 7-hydroxy oxygen, the method comprising: administering to the subject a compound comprising formula I, and wherein the compound is converted in vivo into the parent isoflavone, wherein formula I is represented by wherein R 1 consists of a member selected from the group consisting of a straight-chain, branched, and cyclic alkyl; R 2 consists of a member selected from the group consisting of a straight-chain, branched, and cyclic alkyl; R 3 and R 4 are the same or different, and selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy, and alkyoxy; and R 5 consists of a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl.