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US 9,539,219 B2Granted
Pharmaceutical compositions of carotenoid chylomicrons
AssigneeHealth-Ever Biotech Co. Ltd
InventorsFu Feng Kuo, Bin-huei Chen
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Abstract
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chylomicron and a carotenoid. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a micelle and a carotenoid, suspended in an aqueous solution and suitable for intravenous administration. The bioavailability of the carotenoid of the pharmaceutical composition is higher relative to the bioavailability of free carotenoid.
Claims19
A pharmaceutical composition, comprising:
- (a) one or more micelles comprising a mixture of surfactant and phospholipid, wherein the ratio of surfactant:phospholipid ranges from about 5:0.01 (w/w) to about 20:0.5 (w/w) relative to the pharmaceutical composition;
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- (b) a carotenoid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.