Antioxidant composition comprising polydatin and acetylcysteine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing antioxidant compositions, such as those containing glutathione, face limitations in bioavailability and efficacy due to rapid degradation in the digestive system and liver barriers, and age-related declines in glutathione levels, leading to insufficient protection against oxidative stress and inflammation.
Innovation Solution
A composition comprising polydatin and acetylcysteine, optionally with additional components like glutamine, glycine, α-ketoglutaric acid, and selenium, which enhances plasma levels of vitamins A, E, and C, and reduces inflammation markers like neopterin.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If glutathione is administered as an antioxidant supplement, then antioxidant activity is provided, but bioavailability is limited due to rapid degradation by digestive enzymes and liver barriers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses precursors (amino acids like cysteine, glutamic acid, glycine) and cofactors (selenium, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin C) as intermediaries to enable the body to synthesize glutathione endogenously, bypassing the bioavailability issues of direct glutathione administration. These intermediaries serve as building blocks that can cross biological barriers more easily and are converted into active glutathione within cells.
Solution Approach 2:
The composition provides all necessary precursors and cofactors in advance before glutathione synthesis is needed, allowing the body to pre-load with building blocks that will be converted to glutathione as needed. This preliminary provision of amino acids and vitamins ensures that when oxidative stress occurs, the body has immediate availability of components to synthesize protective glutathione.
2Reliability
If glutathione levels are maintained for antioxidant protection, then oxidative stress is reduced, but levels decrease physiologically with aging
Solution Approach 1:
The composition enables the body's own glutathione synthesis pathways by providing all necessary precursors and cofactors. Rather than relying on external glutathione supplementation that degrades, the body uses its own metabolic machinery to continuously produce fresh glutathione from the provided amino acids and vitamins, maintaining protective levels throughout the aging process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the approach from maintaining fixed glutathione levels through direct supplementation to dynamically supporting endogenous synthesis rates. By providing充足的 precursors (amino acids) and cofactors (vitamins, minerals), the composition enables the body to adjust glutathione production rates according to physiological needs and aging-related metabolic changes.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If exogenous antioxidants are administered to combat oxidative damage, then some protection is achieved, but effectiveness is reduced by environmental factors and lifestyle choices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the body's natural metabolic processes, which normally consume amino acids for protein synthesis, into a beneficial pathway for glutathione production. The same metabolic machinery that processes dietary amino acids is harnessed to synthesize protective glutathione, turning ordinary metabolism into a protective mechanism against oxidative stress from environmental and lifestyle factors.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The composition significantly increases reduced thiols and decreases oxidized species in plasma and erythrocytes, enhances vitamin synthesis, and reduces oxidative stress and inflammation, demonstrating superior antioxidant activity compared to compositions lacking polydatin.
Implementation Method 1
The composition causes a surprising increase in the plasma levels of vitamins A, E and C, and a decrease in the levels of neopterin (an inflammation marker)... demonstrating superior antioxidant activity compared to compositions lacking polydatin
Implementation Method 2
Glutathione is an endogenous antioxidant molecule capable of exercising an important activity in counteracting the physiological aging process... The composition comprising polydatin and acetylcysteine... enhances plasma levels of vitamins A, E, and C
Implementation Method 3
The described composition causes a surprising increase in the plasma levels of vitamins A, E and C, and a decrease in the levels of neopterin (an inflammation marker)
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Antioxidant composition for increasing the levels of vitamins and reducing oxidative damage in a subject; the composition comprises an active agent, containing polydatin and acetylcysteine.