NANOPARTICULATE POLYCOSANOL FORMULATIONS AND NOVEL POLYCOSANOL COMBINATIONS

• Main Authors: NIELS, P. RYDE, GARY, G. LIVERSIDGE, EUGENE, R. COOPER, LAURA, J. KLINE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention is directed to nanoparticulate compositions comprising one or more polycosanols. The polycosanol particles of the composition have an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm. In another aspect of this invention, novel combinations of polycosanols and other cholesterol lowering agents are described and methods of using same are taught.