950results about "Inorganic boron active ingredients" patented technology

The present invention provides stable compounds prepared from boronic acid and lyophilized compounds thereof of the formula (1):

in which Z¹ and Z² are moieties derived from sugar. The invention also provides methods for preparing such compounds. Lyophilizing a mixture comprising a boronic acid compound and a moiety derived from sugar produces a stable composition that readily releases the boronic acid compound upon reconstitution in aqueous media.

A dietary supplement for benefitting human bone health includes a calcium source, a source of vitamin D activity, and an osteoblast stimulant. A preferred calcium source is microcrystalline hydroxyapatite, which also contains protein (mostly collagen), phosphorus, fat, and other minerals. A preferred source of vitamin D activity is cholecalciferol, and a preferred osteoblast stimulant is ipriflavone. In addition to these basic ingredients, the composition can further include various other minerals known to occur in bone, vitamin C, and glucosamine sulfate, all of which exert beneficial effects on growth and maintenance of healthy bone. A method for benefitting human bone health involves administering a daily regimen of the dietary supplement.

An antimicrobial composition that involves a synergistic mixture in terms of active agents, of a primary antimicrobial agent, such as polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), a secondary antimicrobial agent, and optionally an organic acid against various kinds of microbes is described. Various additional processing aids, such as alcohols and surfactants, may also be incorporated within the mixture. The composition allows one to use a significantly less concentration of individual constituent antimicrobial agents to achieve the same or a better degree of antimicrobial efficacy. The antimicrobial composition can be applied to the surface of almost any kind of substrate material, and can achieve a killing-efficacy of about 3 Log₁₀ reduction in microbes within 30 minutes under ambient conditions.

The invention relates to compositions for supporting healthy memory and optimizing mental energy and methods for improving, preventing, and treating mental disorders or deterioration. The compositions of the invention can be formulated as nutritional or dietary supplements.

Devices are provided which are functionalized to include surface regions having anti-infective agents. Methods are provided for functionalizing various material surfaces to include active surface regions for binding anti-infective agents. Methods are provided by which anti-infective moieties or agents are bonded to functionalized surfaces.

A boron nitride composition having its surface treated with a coating layer comprising a zirconate coupling agent. The boron nitride composition can be used as fillers in polymeric compounds at levels of up to 90 wt. %, giving thermal conductivity of up to 35 W/mK.

Compositions comprising an asymmetric disiloxane surfactant composition comprising a silicone composition comprising a silicone having the formula:

MM′

where M or M′ comprises an alkylpolyalkyleneoxide bearing substituent selected from the group consisting of:

• • R¹³(C₂H₄O)_a(C₃H₆O)_b(C₄H₈O)_cR¹⁴ and
  • R¹²SiR⁵R⁶(R¹³(C₂H₄O)_a(C₃H₆O)_b(C₄H₈O)_cR¹⁴) that exhibit resistance to hydrolysis over a wide pH range.

The invention relates to lotion for treating female vagina inflammation, aiming at providing lotion which has obvious clinical curative effect for treating gynecologic inflammation, has small side effect to the body and does not destroy the self defense function of the human body. The invention has the technical scheme that the lotion is external-application lotion prepared from the following raw materials according to parts by weight: 10 to 20 parts of coptis root, 10 to 20 parts of yellow-corktree bark, 10 to 20 parts of baikal skullcap root, 20 to 40 parts of cnidium fruit, 20 to 40 parts of broom cypress fruit, 5 to 15 parts of dried alum, 20 to 40 parts of cordate houttuynia, 20 to 40 parts of kuhseng, 20 to 40 parts of wild chrysanthemum flower, 20 to 40 parts of radix gentianae, 20 to 40 parts of smilax glabra rhizoma, 10 to 20 parts of stemona root, 20 to 40 parts of zanthoxylum, 20 to 40 parts of dandelion, 15 to 25 parts of radix sileris, 20 to 40 parts of borax, 10 to 20 parts of peppermint, 20 to 40 parts of angelica, 20 to 40 parts of radix arnebiae seu lithospermi and 10 to 20 parts of licorice. The invention is suitable for clinically common gynecologic inflammation.

Provided is a method for coloring and, optionally, preserving wood and wood products. The method comprises application of pigment dispersions, and optionally biocide dispersions, to wood such that the wood is impregnated. A composition for coloring and, optionally, preserving wood is disclosed, comprising dispersions of micronized pigment and, optionally, micronized biocide.

This invention relates to novel beverage compositions and methods to make such beverage compositions that can be used to reduce or prevent adverse physiological effects of physical exercise or environmental exposure by providing a beverage composition for use in rehydration and nutrition before, during, or after athletic exercise. The novel compositions comprise fluids containing water, sugar including carbohydrates, such as fructose and raftilose, and electrolytes, such as zinc, chromium, copper, potassium, magnesium, sodium, and citric acid. Such beverage can act as an energy source for the consumer.

Chronic wounds may be treated by debriding necrotic and other devitalized tissue from the wound, and applying to the wound an extracellular polymeric substance solvating system comprising a metal ion sequestering agent, surfactant and buffering agent. The solvating system disrupts biofilms which may be present in the wound and aids or enables the resumption of normal healing.

This invention relates to a leach-resistant borate preservative for lignocellulosic-based products, providing resistance against insect and fungal attack for use in exterior and ground contact applications. The preservative compositions of this invention may be provided as a high strength liquid concentrate, suitable for transportation, storage and easy on-site dilution, or as a ready-to-use treatment solution. These wood preservative compositions include a borate preservative component and a co-biocidal metal fixative such as copper or zinc. The preservative compositions also contain volatile organic acid, free ammonia and ammonium salts to aid dissolution. Methods for the application of these preservative compositions to wood are also provided.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating cancers and a preparation method thereof. Cancer is one of serious illnesses in human society, numerous people in medical circle carries out research and treatment for years, but the effect is very little and the western medicine can even not effect a permanent cure; commonly, people associate cancer with death which makes the people suffer untold misery. The traditional Chinese preparation comprises 121 types of pure traditional Chinese medicines as follows: musk, bezoar, cordyceps, barbed skullcap herb, centipede, pangolin scales, earthworm, dogwood, lalang grass rhizome, asparagus, puff-ball, twotooth achyranthes root, prepared common monkshood daughter root, cortex cinnamomi, Chinese angelica, figwort root, carapax trionycis, blackberrykiky rhizome, cornucervi pantotrichum, honey and the like. When in preparing, the finished products of pills are prepared by selecting materials, crushing, mixing, preparing pills, drying, inspecting and packing or the finished products of oral liquid are prepared by selecting materials, soaking, decocting, concentrated matching, filtering, filling, pressing caps, sterilizing and packing. By utilizing the pure traditional Chinese medicine preparation to treat cancers, the invention has the advantages of addressing both the symptoms and root causes, having no toxic side effect, eliminating pains of patients and achieving the effect of treating thoroughly.

The present invention includes an aqueous solution, comprising boric acid and non-colloidal silicic acid. This solution can also comprise a water absorbing additive. The solution contains bioavailable non-colloidal silicic acid, and the solution is stable for more than one year. The invention also describes a method for the preparation of a solution in which one or more silicon and boron compounds are hydrolysed in an acidic solution containing one or more solved water absorbing additives.

Metal amino acid chelates for animals are beneficial for facilitating and promoting growth by increasing desired metallic ion uptake. The present invention is directed to a process for providing an animal fed additive by preparing metal amino acid chelates, and the metal amino acid chelate growth facilitator, promoter and enhancer prepared by the process.

A Chinese medicine in the form of colon-soluble capsule for treating chronic ulcerativ colitis contains the medicine A prepared from one or more of 11 Chinese-medicinal materials including pearl, natural indigo, borneol, etc through pulverizing and the medicine B prepared from one or more of 19 Chinese-medicinal materials including coptis root, liquorice root, rhubarb, etc through extracting.

The invention relates to a Chinese traditional medicine and a preparation method thereof, in particular to a pure Chinese traditional medicine preventing preparation which can effectively treat outdated, superficial, and atrophic gastritis, ulcer, edema, and acute and chronic gastroenteritis, hepatocholangeitis, and malignancy, and can improve the immunity of the patients, and a preparation method thereof. The herbal preparation is composed of more than 100 pure Chinese traditional medicines according to the proportioning by weight: dzho milk made calcite, zuota, jade, coral, pearl, tabasheer, saffron, clove, nutmeg, cardamom, Fructus Tsaoko, bezoar, Phytolacca acinosa, yellow corydalis, iris, Panax pseudoginseng, coriander, rutabaga, double-blossom groundsel, red sal ammoniac, purple sal ammoniac, Sikkimese rock astragalus root, stenophyllous ground touching plum, Tibetan arris vegetable, Himalayas red Jessamine, caltrop, Nangjuguique, veronica, etc. The preparation method includes six procedures of crushing, mixing, making pill, polishing, and packaging. The Chinese traditional medicine of the invention has notable curative effect, simple medicament form, and simple production process, and is worthy to be popularized and applied.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations for treating a respiratory tract infection or a pulmonary disease in an individual, comprising a calcium salt and a sodium salt, wherein the ratio of Ca⁺² to Na⁺ is from about 4:1 (mole:mole) to about 16:1 (mole:mole). The invention also relates to methods of treating (including prophylactically treating) and reducing the spread of a respiratory tract infection, methods of treating (including prophylactically treating) a pulmonary disease or an acute exacerbation of a pulmonary disease, and methods of reducing the spread of an acute exacerbation of a pulmonary disease, comprising administering a pharmaceutical formulation that comprises a calcium salt and a sodium salt.

The object is to provide a vitreous antimicrobial agent that can exhibit excellent antimicrobial properties when added to various types of resins, that has excellent discoloration resistance and hot water resistance, and that can easily be produced at a commercial scale. It is also to provide an antimicrobial resin composition and an antimicrobial product including the vitreous antimicrobial agent.

The present invention relates to a vitreous antimicrobial agent that includes, relative to 100 mass % of total glass components, 0.1 to 2 mass % of Ag₂O, 40.5 to 49 mass % of ZnO, 6 to 9.5 mass % of SiO₂, 30.5 to 39.5 mass % of B₂O₃, 2 to 10 mass % of an alkaline earth metal oxide, and 6 to 7.5 mass % of Na₂O; a vitreous antimicrobial agent comprising, in addition to these, 0.01 to 5 mass % of CeO₂ as necessary; an antimicrobial resin composition that includes the vitreous antimicrobial agent; and an antimicrobial product that includes the vitreous antimicrobial agent.

The invention discloses oral ulcer powder, which comprises the following raw material medicaments: 8 to 12 grams of natural indigo, 8 to 12 grams of borax (calcined), 16 to 24 grams of persimmon frost, 8 to 12 grams of ivory flake (roasted), 3 to 6 grams of pearl, 8 to 12 grams of refined mirabilite powder, 2.4 to 3.2 grams of human fingernail (roasted), 3 to 5 grams of dragon's blood, 8 to 10 grams of cutch, 1.6 to 2.4 grams of puffball, 2.4 to 4.2 grams of exposed honeycomb (sauted), 3 to 5 grams of calcined alum, 8 to 13 grams of watermelon frost, 0.4 to 0.9 gram of asarum, 0.3 to 0.8 gram of menthol, 1.6 to 2.4 grams of snake slough (roasted), 3 to 9 grams of elephant's hide, 6 to 10 grams of liquorice root, 0.6 to 1 gram of bezoar, 0.6 to 1 gram of steviosin and 0.15 to 0.3 gram of borneol. A preparation method comprises the following steps of: grinding the medicinal materials into fine powder capable of passing through a screen of 250 meshes, and preparing the oral ulcer powder in a ratio. The oral ulcer powder has the advantages of no bitter taste, no toxic or side effect and good treatment effect.

Preservative composition for various materials and method of preserving the same is disclosed. The preservative composition includes at least one silane-containing material and at least one hydrocarbon solvent containing molecules of at least five carbon atoms.

This invention relates to compositions and methods facilitating availability, uptake and translocation of active ingredients in plants. More specifically, this invention relates to the surprising discovery that the application to the roots, such as administration to the soil surrounding plants, of two or more osmolytes in combination with an active ingredient, either simultaneously or within a short time of each other, results in an induction of translocation of active ingredient from the roots systemically into the plant.

The present invention relates to a bioactive glass having the composition of SiO₂ 44-65 wt-% of the final total weight, Na₂O 5-26 wt-% of the final total weight, CaO 10-25 wt-% of the final total weight, K₂O 0-1 5 wt-% of the final total weight, MgO 0-6 wt-% of the final total weight, B₂O₃ 0-4 wt-% of the final total weight, and P₂O₅ 0-7 wt-% of the final total weight, for use in the long- and short-term prevention and/or treatment of conditions relating to or caused by bone infections, provided that the total amount of Na₂O and K₂O is 10-30 wt-% of the final total weight, and that any source of oxygen capable of releasing oxygen in the form of molecular oxygen or reactive oxygen species, is absent.

The invention describes the modification of polyamine-based materials to form polyguanidine compounds that are useful for their antimicrobial, anticaries, and muccoadhesive properties. The present invention also relates to methods for preventing or treating periodontal disease and caries which include delivering a therapeutically effective amount of an oral composition containing a polyguanidine compound into an oral cavity.

A composition including a bait and a borate is used to mitigate a population of target insects and/or mollusca. The composition may include attractive by-products of agriculture and manufacturing with or without semiochemicals or biopesticides prepared as point source units (such as pellets or microcapsules). The by-products attract insects and/or mollusca to a food source for the purpose of mitigating the target organism. The bait is combined with borates and is pelletized and/or encapsulated into micron size particles. The pelletized and/or encapsulated particles are broadcast (spread) over areas infested with the target insect. The insects ingest the composition and regurgitate the composition to the remainder of the insect population. Significant mitigation of the population of the target insects results with little to no effect on the environment. The composition is also passed on to the next generation due to cannibalism of the target insects. A feed through process wherein the composition is fed to an animal and is contained in the manure of the animal deposited as a point source location. The composition is either mixed in with the food of the animal or placed directly in the gut of the animal using a ball and gun method. The target insects are attracted to the manure and upon ingesting the manure, ingest the composition and are dispatched.

A composition that is used as an eye treatment contains reduced glutathione, vitamin A and vitamin E, as well as one or more of zinc sulfate, boric acid and potassium as buffering agents. The composition also may contain a lubricant and a preservative. The composition is a sterile isotonic solution. The composition is used in a method of treating eyes for the alleviation of irritations and/or dryness, as well as for the prevention and treatment of cataracts.

The present invention provides therapy and methods for the treatment and prevention of diseases of cell proliferation such as cancer, benign tumors, and viral diseases such as HIV-AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and cirrhosis. The methods of this invention consist of the administration to a patient of a combination of effective amounts of agents capable of eradicating the neoplastic cells, while sparing the non-neoplastic cells from cytotoxic side-effects. The agents co-administered in therapeutically effective amounts are: chemotherapeutic agents, apoptotic agents, anti-angiogenic agents, cell differentiation agents, immunomodulating agents, antioxidants, vitamins, microelements, enzymes and natural extracts.

The present invention relates to compositions, that may be swallowable, chewable or dissolvable, comprising various vitamins and minerals, and in a specific embodiment, comprise vitamin B₆, vitamin B₉, vitamin B₁₂, calcium, vitamin D₃, magnesium, and boron, and methods for using these compositions for nutritional supplementation in order to prevent, treat and/or alleviate the occurrence or negative effects of cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer and osteoporosis.

The present invention provides a base composition that allows for the formulation of non-irritating cosmetic and/or dermatological compositions. The base composition includes one or more of electrolyte, buffer, mild preservative, lubricant, or any combinations thereof. It is preferred that one or more of the above components are eye-safe and/or eye-compatible. The present invention also provides photoprotective cosmetic and/or dermatological compositions that include the base composition and one or more sunscreen active components and are non-irritating to mammalian eyes.

An anti-microbial composition for providing a therapeutic application onto a living being. The composition includes from about 0.001 wt. % to about 0.20 wt. % chlorite compound and from about 0.001 wt. % to about 0.05 wt. % peroxy compound. The anti-microbial composition of the present invention is composed to remain intact without being degraded to generate chlorine dioxide during storage at about a room temperature. The anti-microbial composition of the present invention is at a pH range between about 6.0 and about 8.8.