Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Phyto Tech Corp.

Nucycle Therapy, Inc.

Mark Elless

Burt D Ensley

Michael J Blaylock

Jianwei Huang

The invention provides methods for producing edible plant tissue biomasses suitable for use as nutritional supplements. The seedlings are exposed to at least one metal and normal seedling growth is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination to thereby produce a metal-enriched plant seedling tissue biomass. The metal-containing edible plant tissue biomasses are also provided.

Nutritional supplements

A method of producing metal-rich plants for the production of nutritional supplements. Edible plants are placed in a growth environment containing metal, and are cultivated in a fashion which enhances the uptake of metal into edible portions of the plants. The plants are then harvested, and may be eaten directly or processed into capsule or tablet form, in order to obtain the metallic nutrients so incorporated.

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Mount Laurel, NJ, United States of America

Mark Elless