Calcium and trace mineral supplements

US5151274A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Paul D. Saltman · Village of La Jolla, US
• Kenneth Thomas Smith · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 1990
• Grant date: Sep 29, 1992
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P43/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Nutritional mineral supplements comprising calcium citrate malate and salts of manganese, copper and zinc are disclosed. These supplements, which provide at least 25% RDA of the minerals, and used in addition to the normal diet. These supplements are useful for increasing bone growth and for treating age-related bone loss in humans and animals.