Method of increasing the conversion of homocysteine to methionine and uses thereof
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorTimothy A. Garrow
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of decreasing total plasma homocyst(e)ine levels in an animal in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said animal a pharmacologically effective dose of a thetin. Further provided is a method of treating hyperhomocyst(e)inemia in an animal in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said animal a pharmacologically effective dose of a thetin. Also provided are novel pharmaceutical and nutritional compositions. Further provided is a method of reducing or eliminating the costly supplementation of methionine, choline, and betaine to protein-containing animal feeds.
Claims10
A method of decreasing homocysteine levels in an animal in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said animal a pharmacologically effective dose of a thetin.
A method of treating hyperhomocysteinemia in an animal in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said animal a pharmacologically effective dose of a thetin.
An nutritional supplement consisting essentially of a thetin selected from the group consisting of dimethylacetothetin and dimethylpropriothetin and at least one vitamin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.