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US 2013/0172847 A1Published application
Compositions for Providing Vitamin D Year Round and Uses Thereof
OwnerMichael F. HOLICKinventor
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Abstract
Methods for enhancing the ability of an individual, exposed to sunlight, to produce vitamin D via the skin. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising provitamin D and at least one of lumisterol and tachysterol and analogs and derivatives thereof are also disclosed.
Claims10
A composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an effective amount of
- (a) provitamin D or a derivative or analog thereof;
- (b) at least one of lumisterol and tachysterol or analogs and/or esters thereof, and
- (c) a pharmaceutically effective carrier,
- wherein (a) and (b) are present in amounts effective to provide vitamin D or derivatives or analogs and/or esters thereof to an individual at a particular latitude and/or time of the year.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.