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OwnerSteven W. Bailey, June E. Aylinginventors
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Compositions of foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, topical or oral drugs, and cosmetic products containing a small peptide or peptides for slowing degradation, for example by transition metals. The peptides are di, tri, terra-, and/or penta-peptides containing two or more aspartic acid residues. The degradation of several of the vitamin and other constituents vitamin-mineral supplements can be considerably slowed by composition incorporating such peptides, particularly if soluble (and thus bioavailable) forms of copper and/or iron are also present. The peptides can be hydrolyzed by the normal digestive process thus releasing bound metals. Multiple aspartate peptide(s) compositions with foods, topical or oral drugs, cosmetic, and hair care products can replace synthetic chelating preservative agents. Methods are also described to effectively slow degradation and preserve the above products using multiple aspartate peptides.
A composition comprising:
A method for decreasing the rate of decomposition of a food product, a cosmetic product, or a hair care product comprising incorporating into the food product, the cosmetic product, or the hair care product, an effective amount of one or more peptides, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a physiologically acceptable mineral capable of degrading the food product, the cosmetic product, or the hair care product,
A composition comprising:
A method for decreasing the rate of decomposition of a vitamin and mineral supplement product, comprising incorporating into the vitamin and mineral supplement product an effective amount of one or more peptides, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a physiologically acceptable mineral capable of degrading the vitamin and mineral supplement product,
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