Patent ReferencesMethod of preparing a forskohlin composition from forskohlin extract and use of forskohlin for promoting lean body mass and treating mood disorders Dietary supplement composition Method of reducing nicotine and tobacco craving in mammals Patent #: 6262049 InventorApplicationNo. 571169 filed on 05/16/2000US Classes:424/725, PLANT MATERIAL OR PLANT EXTRACT OF UNDETERMINED CONSTITUTION AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT (E.G., HERBAL REMEDY, HERBAL EXTRACT, POWDER, OIL, ETC.)514/188, Hetero ring is six-membered consisting of one nitrogen and five carbons514/556, Inner quaternary ammonium salt (e.g., betaine, etc.)514/649Amino nitrogen attached to aryl ring or aryl ring system by an acyclic carbon or acyclic chainExaminersPrimary: Henley, III, RaymondAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA61K 035/78A61K 031/555 A61K 031/135 Foreign Application Priority Data1997-12-10 ZAAbstractA method of treating carbohydrate craving in a human patient comprises administering to the patient an anorexigenic composition comprising a compound which elevates serotonin levels in the brain of the patient, typically hypercin, found in St John's Wort Extract, or sibutramine, in a mixture with a physiologically acceptable metabolisable chromium compound. The chromium compound is selected from chromium picolinate, chromium polynicotinate, chromium chelate, chromium proteinate, or any other bioavailable chromium compound. The mixture optionally includes laevorotary carnitine or a racemic mixture of carnitine.Field of SearchPLANT MATERIAL OR PLANT EXTRACT OF UNDETERMINED CONSTITUTION AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT (E.G., HERBAL REMEDY, HERBAL EXTRACT, POWDER, OIL, ETC.)Hetero ring is six-membered consisting of one nitrogen and five carbons Inner quaternary ammonium salt (e.g., betaine, etc.) Amino nitrogen attached to aryl ring or aryl ring system by an acyclic carbon or acyclic chain | |