Abstract: 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 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) an 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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2001
Assignee:
Siberian Center for Natural Technologies, Inc.