Discovery of a valuable property for succinic acid and other intermediary metabolites
OwnerWilliam H. Livingstoninventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to the use of the succinic acid molecule to stimulate the Citric Acid Cycle in humans and animals and thus relieve those metabolic disorders caused by a deficiency in the Citric Acid Cycle in humans and animals.
Claims1
A method for immediately stimulating a deficient Citric Acid Cycle in humans and animals which comprises administering to said humans or animals in need thereof an oral therapeutic dose of succinic acid or other intermediary metabolites of the Citric Acid Cycle or mixtures thereof which have the ability to penetrate the mucous membranes of the mouth and enter the blood stream intact, and relieve those metabolic disorders caused by a deficiency in the Citric Acid Cycle.
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