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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1994
Stephen Ashmead, Clinton, UT (US);
Harvey H Ashmead, Kaysville, UT (US);
Albion International, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US);
Abstract
Mineral absorption is promoted in warm-blooded animals by means of a class of 1,2-disubstituted aromatic mineral chelates wherein the 1 and 2 substituents each donates a pair of electrons to a metal ion for formation of a five-member chelate ring. 2-Alkoxyphenols are particularly preferred. The chelates contain from one to three alkoxyphenol ligands, with two ligands being preferred. A preferred alkoxyphenol is vanillin, and the minerals are selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Mo, and Se. Vanillin metal chelates have a slight to neutral taste, and are absorbed more readily than inorganic mineral salts.