Patent ID: 7169815

Claim:
A composition comprising a base lipid or oil supplemented with an oxidative stability-enhancing amount of a compound of the formula: wherein R is a C 1 –C 20 linear or branched alkyl, a C 5 –C 7 cycloalkyl, a hydroxy-substituted C 5 –C 7 cycloalkyl, an alkoxy-substituted C 5 –C 7 cycloalkyl, a C 1 –C 20 linear or branched alkenyl, a C 5 –C 7 cycloalkenyl, a C 6 –C 7 aryl, a hydroxy-substituted C 6 –C 7 aryl, an alkoxy-substituted C 6 –C 7 aryl, benzoyl, a hydroxy-substituted benzoyl or an alkoxy-substituted benzoyl, with the proviso that R is not phenyl, and wherein the composition has a greater oxidative stability than an oxidative stability of the base lipid or oil prior to supplementation with the compound.