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OwnerBela Lakatos, Julia Meisel nee Agoston +1inventors
InventorsBela Lakatos, Julia Meisel nee Agoston, Mihaly Varju
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Novel complexes of oligo- and polygalacturonic acids formed with essential metal ions and having the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from about 10 to about 145 M represents at least two metal cations selected from the group consisting of iron(II), copper(I), copper(II), magnesium(II), potassium(I), cobalt(II), manganese(II), zinc(II), chromium(III), molybdenum(V), vanadium(IV) and nickel(II) with the proviso that one of the ions must represent potassium(I) or magnesium(II), and z is an integer corresponding to the charge or the valence number of the metal atom are useful in foodstuffs and pharmaceutical preparations for administering essential elements to humans.
A method for treating a deficiency of at least one of the element selected from the group consisting of iron(II), copper(I), copper(II), magnesium(II), cobalt(II), manganese(II), zinc(II), chromium(III), molybdenum(V), vanadium(IV) and nickel(II), in humans, comprising administering to a human suffering from said deficiency an effective amount per day of said at least one of said elements plus potassium in the form of their complex formed with an oligo- or plygalacturonic acid of the formula ##STR4## wherein n is an integer from 10 to 145,
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