Nutritional or therapeutic compositions and methods to increase bodily glutathione levels
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Patents(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- THE PROIMMUNE
- Publication Date
- 2011-08-23
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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[0001] More than one application for the Reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,592,908 has been filed. The reissue applications are the present application and U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 181,001, filed Jul. 13, 2005, and issued as U.S. Pat. RE 39,734 on Jul. 17, 2007.STATEMENT OF PRIORITY
[0002] This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 181,001, filed Jul. 13, 2005 and which issued as U.S. Pat. RE 39,734 on Jul. 17, 2007, which is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,592,908 which issued on Jul. 13, 2005 from U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 252,957, filed Sep. 23, 2002, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0003] This invention relates to nutritional or therapeutic compositions useful for treating mammals to increase their body content of glutathione above a pretreatment level thereby to enhance the immune activity of the treated mammal. More specifically, it relates to compositions containing a selenium compound together with a glutathione precursor which is a mixtur...