Micronutrient Composition for Oxidative Stress and Estrogen Markers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing antioxidant supplements fail to effectively address the pathogenic effects of oxidative stress, which contribute to various female reproductive diseases, impaired fertility, and chronic conditions such as cancer and arthritis, due to inadequate evaluation of their combinations and individual nutrient synergies.

Innovation Solution

A micronutrient mixture comprising Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic acid, Kelp Iodine, Selenium, Choline, Inositol, Phosphatidyl serine, Daidzein, Glycitein, Genistein, Red clover, Rosemary extract, and Chaste tree berry, optionally with carriers or excipients, formulated in various forms to enhance cellular metabolic processes and counteract specific pathology markers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If commercial agriculture and food industry processing are used to provide nutrition, then food availability increases, but vital ingredients are depleted making the diet inadequate for providing optimum supply of vitamins and micronutrients

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefood availabilityVSAvoidnutrient adequacy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple individually evaluated antioxidant vitamins and supplements (Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic acid, Selenium, Inositol, and plant extracts) into a synergistic micronutrient mixture. This merging approach ensures that all essential micronutrients are provided in optimal combinations to compensate for the nutritional deficiencies caused by commercial agriculture and food processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If antioxidant vitamins and supplements are administered individually, then specific nutrient requirements are met, but the efficacy of their combinations is rarely evaluated and thus suboptimal

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenutrient customizationVSAvoidtreatment efficacy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a composite micronutrient formulation that integrates multiple antioxidants and plant extracts (including Red clover, Rosemary extract, and Chaste tree berry) into a single synergistic preparation. This composite approach evaluates and optimizes the interactions between different nutrients, ensuring enhanced treatment efficacy compared to individual administration while maintaining the ability to address specific nutrient requirements through controlled composition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Reliability

If a comprehensive micronutrient mixture is formulated to address all nutritional needs, then treatment efficacy improves, but the complexity of formulation and evaluation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment efficacyVSAvoidformulation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs a universal micronutrient mixture that addresses multiple health concerns simultaneously - oxidative stress, hormonal balance, fertility issues, and chronic disease prevention. The formulation serves multiple functions by combining antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, and hormone-modulating plant extracts into a single preparation, thereby improving treatment efficacy without proportionally increasing formulation complexity through systematic integration of diverse active ingredients.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The micronutrient mixture enhances healthy metabolism, supports hormonal balance, increases bioenergy production, and reduces the expression of cancer-promoting markers, providing superior antioxidant protection and anti-cancer effects.

Implementation Method 1

Numerous diseases, including female reproductive diseases and impaired fertility, cancer and other have been associated with highly pathogenic effects of oxidative stress. Various antioxidant vitamins and supplements have been recommended to balance pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant cellular processes

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAntioxidant: Oxidation

Data Source

PatentEP4518690B1A micronutrient mixture and pharmaceutical composition comprising the micronutrient mixture
Publication Date: 2026.02.04 RATH MATTHIAS W
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AI summary

A Basic mix or Mix 1 or Mix 2 is highly effective in treating estrogen related complications in females. The estrogen related diseases such as cancer are also treated if they are Apo E based manifestations. The basic mix or Mix 1 or Mix 2 comprises of a combination of Vitamin C in ascorbate form 10 mg-100,000 mg, Vitamin E in D-alpha-tocopherol form 1 mg-3,000 mg, Vitamin B5 1 mg-20,000 mg, Vitamin B6 1 mg-1, 000 mg, Folic acid 1 mcg-3,000 mcg, Iodine (Kelp) 1 mcg-2,000 mcg, Selenium 1 mcg-2,000 mcg, Choline 1 mg-5,000 mg, Inositol 1 mg-5000 mg, Phosphatidyl serine 1 mg-1,500 mg, Daidzein 1 mg-1,500 mg, Glycitein 0.1 mg-1,000 mg, Genistein 1 mg-2,500 mg, Red clover 1 mg-1,500 mg, Rosemary extract 1 mg- 6,000 mg, Chaste tree berry 1 mg- 2,000 mg. The treatment by administering Mix 1 decreases estrogen dependent breast cancer cells proliferation and decrease in expression of cancer promoting cellular markers in cancer cells (iNOS, ApoE).