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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Kati A. Chevaux, Mount Arlington, NJ (US);
Harold H. Schmitz, Bethesda, MD (US);
Leo J. Romanczyk, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kati A. Chevaux, Mount Arlington, NJ (US);
Harold H. Schmitz, Bethesda, MD (US);
Leo J. Romanczyk, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 36/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to products, including foods such as confectionary and pet foods, comprising nut skins or polyphenol-containing nut skin extracts. Exemplary nut skins are peanut and almond skins. The products may also contain cocoa polyphenol and/or L-arginine, and are useful for inducing vasodilation.