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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
David A. Newsome, New Orleans, LA (US);
David Tate, New Orleans, LA (US);
David A. Newsome, New Orleans, LA (US);
David Tate, New Orleans, LA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of providing zinc to a subject in need of treatment includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a zinc-cysteine complex. The zinc-cysteine complex is preferably a zinc-monocysteine complex. The complexes of zinc-cysteine of the present invention increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase, and the antioxidant protein metallothionein. The complexes of zinc-cysteine of the present invention protect retinal pigment epithelial cells from increasing hydrogen peroxide concentrations.
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