Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Hydrocarbon doai
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-05
2001-04-24
Weber, Jon P. (Department: 1651)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Designated organic active ingredient containing
Hydrocarbon doai
Reexamination Certificate
active
06221918
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the use of oil based compositions containing combinations of more than 150 different carotenoid compounds as an orally administrated health supplement or as a topical skin ointment wherein the composition is rendered non-odorous through use of a sunflower oil base.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a continuing and growing demand in the United States for non-prescription medicaments which have a beneficial impact on the body and which do not require an office visit to a physician for use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A liquid health supplement comprising: (i) from about 1% to about 99% of a combination of at least 150 different carotenoid compounds having structures of chemical formula I:
wherein each R group is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight chain or branched C1-8 alkyl, straight chain or branched C1-8 alkenyl, straight chain or branched C1-8 alkynyl, hydroxy, straight chain or branched C1-8 alkoxy, keto, carboxyl, cyano, nitro amino, amide, ester, ether, halogen, substituted acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted cyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic; and,
(ii) a oil in an amount sufficient to mask the smell of the carotenoid compounds selected from the group of natural plant oils obtained from plant matter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a liquid health supplement comprising: (i) from about 1% to about 99% of a combination of at least 150 different carotenoid compounds with structures having chemical formula (I):
wherein each R group is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight chain or branched C
1-8
alkyl, straight chain or branched C
1-8
alkenyl, straight chain or branched C
1-8
alkynyl, hydroxy, straight chain or branched C
1-8
alkoxy, keto, carboxyl, cyano, nitro amino, amide, ester, ether, halogen, substituted acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted cyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic; and,
(ii) a oil in an amount sufficient to mask the smell of the carotenoid compounds selected from the group of natural plant oils obtained from plant matter.
For purposes of this invention the R groups attached to the caratene backbone may be the same or different. The skilled artisan will be able to appreciate that the R groups may be all hydrogen, all methyl or a combination of some hydrogen and some methyl. Another example would be a compound where the R groups are each different. Thus the scope of the present invention is intended to include at least 150 different carotenoid compounds falling within the broad genus of all carotenoid compounds.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the numbering of the backbone system for individual compounds within the scope of formula (1) will vary according to the nature, number and position of substituents.
It will also be appreciated that the compounds of formula (1) may contain a chiral centre. It is to be understood that formula (1) is intended to encompass all enantiomers and diasteroisomers of the compounds of the invention as well as mixtures thereof, including racemates.
The definition of the substituent group R is broad and includes any structural moiety selected from the group comprising cyano, nitro, halogen, oxygen, hydroxy, straight or branched chain alkoxy, thio, straight or branched chain alkyl, carbocyclic aryl and substituted or heterocyclic deriviates thereof, wherein R may be the same or different in all possible combinations and permutations.
As used herein, the phrase straight or branched chained alkyl groups means any substituted or un-substituted acyclic carbon-containing compounds, including alkanes, alkenes and alkynes. Alkyl groups having up to 30 carbon atoms are preferred. Examples of alkyl groups lower alkyl, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl or tert-butyl; upper alkyl, for example, octyl, nonyl, decyl, and the like; lower alkylene, for example, ethylene, propylene, propyldiene, butylrene, butyldiene; upper alkenyl such as 1-decene, 1-nonene, 2.6-dimethyl-5-octenyl, 6-ethyl-5-octenyl or heptenyl, and the like; alkynyl such as 1-ethynyl, 2-butynyl, 1-pentynyl and the like. The ordinary skilled artisan is familiar with numerous linear and branched alkyl groups, which are within the scope of the present invention.
In addition, such alkyl group may also contain various substituents in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by a functional group. Functional groups include but are not limited to hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, amide, ester, ether, and halogen (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine), to mention but a few. Specific substituted alkyl groups can be, for example, alkoxy polyhydroxy such as 1.2-dihydroxypropyl, 1.4-dihydroxy-1-butyl, and the like; methylamino, ethylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, triethylamino, cyclopentylamino, benzylamino, dibenzylamino, and thre like; propanoic, butanamido, and the like, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl or the like, chloroformyl, bromoformyl, 1,1-chloroethyl, bromoethyl, and the like, or dimethyl or diethyl ether groups or the like.
As used herein, substituted and unsubstituted carbocyclic groups of up to about 20 carbon atoms means cyclic carbon-containing compounds, including but not limited to cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, admantyl, and the like. Such cyclic groups may also contain various substituents in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by a functional group. Such functional groups include those described above, and lower alkyl groups as described above. The cyclic groups of the invention may further comprise a heteroatom.
As used herein, substituted ad unsubstituted aryl groups means a hydrocarbon ring bearing a system of conjugated double bonds, usually comprising an even number of 6 or more (pi) electrons. Examples of aryl groups include, but are not limited to, phenyl, naphthyl, anisyl, toluyl, xylenyl and the like. According to the present invention aryl also includes aryloxy, aralkyl, aralkyloxy and heteroaryl groups, e.g., pyrimidine, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, benzoic acid, toluene or thiophene and the like. These aryl groups may also be substituted with any number of a variety of functional groups. In addition to the functional groups described above in connection with substituted alkyl groups and carbocylic groups, functional groups on the aryl groups can be nitro groups.
As mentioned above, these structural moieties can also be any combination of alkyl, carbocyclic or aryl groups, for example, 1-cyclohexylpropyl, benzylcyclohexylmethyl, 2-cyclohexyl-propyl, 2,2-methylcyclohexylpropyl, 2,2 methylphenylpropl, 2,2-methyphenylbutyl, and the like.
The mixture of at least 150 different carotenoid compounds may be obtained from a variety of sources. For example it is currently possible to synthesize large numbers of carotenoid compounds using bacteria. This method is described for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,858,761, issued Jan. 12, 1999, to Tsubokura et al. This methodology can be used to involves the separate production of at least 150 different carotenoids and the subsequent mixture of these compounds. The advantage of this method is that the individual carotenoid compounds may be individually chosen and then added in their most beneficial proportions. The disadvantages of this method is that it is expensive.
Another method is to obtain the carotenoid compounds from natural sources such as plants and aquatic life. Carotenoid compounds come from a variety of different plant life in varying concentrations and varieties. For example the yellow and orange vegetables such as carrots, different squashs and pumpkins, for example contain a variety of different carotenoid compounds which can be used according to the present invention. Although these sources do not typically yield the at least 150 carotenoid compound variety of the present invention, the extracts of more than one of these plants can be combined to yield the desired variety necessary for the present invention.
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Patten Patricia
Siberian Center for Natural Technologies, Inc.
Weber Jon P.
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