Nutritional supplements
AssigneePhytotech Limited
InventorsBurt D. Ensley, Mark Elless, Michael J. Blaylock, Jianwei Huang
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for producing edible plant tissue biomasses suitable for use as nutritional supplements. The seedlings are exposed to at least one metal and normal seedling growth is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination to thereby produce a metal-enriched plant seedling tissue biomass. The metal-containing edible plant tissue biomasses are also provided.
Claims31
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg boron per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 20,000 mg calcium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 2,000 mg chromium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 1,000 mg cobalt per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 7,000 mg copper per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg germanium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 200 mg iron per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 6,000 mg magnesium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 8,700 mg manganese per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg molybdenum per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 1,000 mg nickel per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg selenium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg silicon per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 100 mg vanadium per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
A plant seedling biomass suitable for use as a nutritional supplement comprising at least 7,400 mg zinc per kg of dry plant matter, wherein growth of said plant seedling is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination.
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