Title:
【発明の名称】ホウ素炭水化物錯体及びこれらの使用
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001518882
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Complexes of boron with sugars or/or sugar alcohols are utilized as nutritional supplements, with the carbohydrate portion being selected to provide a relatively high boron-sugar association constant of at least 250, and preferably 500 or more. In one class of preferred embodiments, boron is complexed with a saccharide having co-planar cis-OH groups capable of forming five or six membered rings through ester bonding with boric acid. Such complexes may advantageously comprise fructose, mannose, xylose or sorbose. In another aspect of the invention, a carbohydrate-boric acid complex may be charge neutralized with calcium, magnesium or other cation(s). A particularly preferred form is calcium fructoborate. In yet another aspect of preferred embodiments, the boron supplement can be included in a food, especially in a high magnesium food, and more especially in a snack food such as a snack containing chocolate and/or nuts.
Inventors:
Mirkovic, Dousan
Application Number:
JP54182798A
Publication Date:
October 16, 2001
Filing Date:
March 26, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Mirkovic, Dousan
International Classes:
A23G1/30; A23G1/00; A23G1/32; A23K1/16; A23K1/175; A23K1/18; A23L1/09; A23L1/304; A23L25/00; A61K31/70; A61P3/00; A61P3/02; A61P15/12; (IPC1-7): A61K31/70; A23G1/00; A23L1/36; A61P3/00; A61P3/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Kawaguchi (2 outside)