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US 6,159,466 AGranted
Aqueous composition comprising saccharomyces boulardii sequelaand chromium glycinate dinicotinate
AssigneeViva America Marketing, Inc.
InventorsPing Yang, Houn Simon Hsia
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Abstract
The present invention includes a novel yeast strain of the genus Saccharomyces boulardii sequela PY31 ATCC 74366 that is able to process certain metallic compounds into biologically active forms suitable for supplementing the human diet. The present invention also includes methods for isolating such yeast, nutritional supplement compositions containing such yeast, and methods of administering the nutritional supplement compositions to humans.
Claims4
A formulation for the production of an edible yeast product comprising:
- Saccharomyces boulardii sequela strain ATCC 74366 and an aqueous suspension of chromium glycinate dinicotinate;
- wherein the concentration of chromium glycinate dinicotinate in the aqueous suspension is sufficient to yield intracellular, organically bound chromium at a concentration of from about 500 .mu.g to about 3000 .mu.g per gram of dried yeast solids when the formulation is incubated for about 5 to about 120 minutes and then grown for about 15 to about 60 hours after the addition of growth media.
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