Use of metal complexes to treat gastrointestinal infections
AssigneePfylori Limited
InventorsRichard Paul Hepworth Thompson, Jonathan Joseph Powell, Rosemary Helen Phillips, Sylvaine Francoise Aline Chevalier
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Abstract
Compositions and methods for treating gastrointestinal symptoms and gastrointestinal microbes are provided. In accordance with the method, a dietary metal and a dietary ligand are administered, wherein the dietary metal is zinc, copper, cobalt, manganese or iron and the dietary ligand is ascorbate, aspartate, citrate, histidine, malate, maltol, gluconate, glutamate, glutamine, succinate, tartrate, or a combination thereof.
Claims6
An orally administrable pharmaceutical composition comprising a dietary metal, a dietary ligand and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent,
- wherein the dietary metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, cobalt, and manganese, or a salt thereof, and the dietary ligand is maltol (3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.