Melaleuca Incorporated

Lynn Perkes

Suk H Cho

The invention provides a dietary supplement comprising at least one flavonoid source and an enzyme, that is effective for inhibiting in vivo platelet activity and LDL cholesterol oxidation in a mammal at a dosage of about 30 mg/Kg or less. The supplement may contain flavonoid sources found in grape seed extracts, grape skin extracts, bilberry extracts, ginkgo biloba extracts or the flavonoid quercetin. The supplement may also contain fungal proteases, acid stable proteases and bromelain. The invention further provides a method for using the dietary supplement and an article of manufacture containing the supplement.

Dietary supplements containing natural ingredients

The present invention provides methods and materials for the treatment of depression or mood disorder. Specifically, the invention involves the use of 5-HTP and an extract to treat depression or mood disorders when administered orally. In addition, the invention provides less expensive, naturally derived dietary supplements to treat mild to moderate depression or mood disorder.

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Rexburg, ID, United States of America

Lynn Perkes