Lipidic zinc compounds and use for treatment of prostatic hypertrophy
OwnerElena Avraminventor
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Abstract
A method for making a composition containing a fatty acid or fatty ester compound and zinc. The compositions produced by the method. Administration of these compositions to a patient to increase the zinc content of cells or tissue having a zinc deficiency or to treat at least some of the symptoms of diseases or adverse effects caused by this zinc deficiency.
Claims18
A method of preparing a zinc and oil reaction product for pharmaceutical use which comprises heating an animal, vegetable or fish oil having an allylic unsaturation of the type —CH═CH—CH2—CH═CH— and/or —CH═CH—CH═CH—CH2— and a zinc compound at a temperature of between about 260° C. and 280° C. for between about 15 minutes and 2 hours to incorporate by exothermic reaction between about 0.1 and 10% by weight zinc into the oil.
A lipidic zinc composition comprising at least an animal, vegetable or fish oil having an allylic unsaturation of the type —CH═CH—CH2—CH═CH— and/or —CH═CH—CH═CH—CH2— which includes zinc incorporated therein in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.