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Multi-vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements

US8927012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wyeth, LLC · US

Inventors

William Bubnis · Mechanicsville, US
Richard Cotter · Mendham, US
Paul W. Herman · Bound Brook, US
Judith Moreines · Edgewater, US
Scott W. Poxon · Mechanicsville, US
Bruce Sutton · Richmond, US
Jeffrey V. Vernon · Fredericksburg, US
Denise L. Walters · Richmond, US
Michael G. Williams · Raleigh, US
Neil Wittenberg · Dover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2013
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23V2002/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes micronutrients to facilitate reduction of cholesterol, and/or reduction of homocystein and/or reduction of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation in humans. In one embodiment the supplement is a multi-vitamin, a mineral supplement which includes at least one component known to reduce cholesterol. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.

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