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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald H Birkhahn, Toledo, OH (US);
Robert J Clemens, Kingsport, TN (US);
Charles A McCombs, Johnson City, TN (US);
John C Hubbs, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560185 ;
Abstract
Novel compositions that are useful as nutrients are disclosed. These compounds are preferably water soluble parenteral nutrients and are glycerol esters of .beta.-acyloxybutyrates of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R is the same or different and is hydrogen, or --COCH.sub.2 CHOR'CH.sub.3), provided that at least one R is not hydrogen and wherein R' is a linear acid ester of even carbon number from 2 to 20 carbons. These compositions are useful as a substitute for glucose in feeding.