EP0216485A1
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Prolonged release of growth promoting hormones
Assignee: International Minerals and Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1986-08-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-08-12
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to transition metal-complexed growth promoting hormones and to growth promoting formulations containing such a transition metal complex. The invention further relates to a method for promoting the growth of an animal which comprises administering an effective amount of a formulation containing a transition metal-complexed growth promoting hormone.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerome L. Martin
- 👤 John F. Kraemer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:52
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K38/00; A61K38/16; A61K38/17; A61K38/22; A61K38/27; A61K47/00; A61K47/06; A61K47/08; A61K47/12; A61K47/44; A61K9/0012; A61K9/0019
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
14 words
A growth promoting formulation containing a transition metal complex of a growth promoting hormone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
14 words
A growth promoting formulation containing a transition metal complex of a growth promoting hormone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the growth-promoting hormone is selected from porcine, ovine, human, avian, equine and bovine growth promoting hormones.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 2 wherein the growth-promoting hormone is porcine growth promoting hormone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the transition metal of said transition metal complex is selected from zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt and iron.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 4 wherein the transition metal of said transition metal complex is zinc.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein said transition metal complex is admixed with an adjuvant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 6 wherein said transition metal complex is present in an amount of about 50 to about 99.9 weight percent of the overall mixture of adjuvant and transition metal complex.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A formulaion as claimed in claim 7 wherein said transition metal complex is present in an amount of about 50 to about 80 weight percent of the overall mixture of adjuvant and transition metal complex.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 comprising said transition metal complex and an oil vehicle.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 9 comprising about 0.10 to about 30 percent weight percent of said transition metal complex and about 70 to about 99.9 weight percent of an oil vehicle which comprises about 90 to about 99 weight percent of an oil selected from mineral oils and vegetable oils and about 1 to about 10 weight percent of an adjuvant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 10 wherein said adjuvant is selected from beeswax, aluminium monostearate, canauba wax and paraffin.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
62 words
A formulation as claimed in claim 11 comprising about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of said transition metal complex and about 90 to about 99.5 percent by weight of an oil vehicle which comprises about 95 to about 98 percent by weight of a vegetable oil and about 2 to about 5 percent by weight of beeswax or alumunium monostearate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
A formulation as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 12 wherein the oil of said oil vehicle is selected from the group consisting of peanut oil, sesame seed oil and soybean oil.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process for preparing a formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein said transition metal complex is formed by mixing in aqueous solution the growth promoting hormone in undenatured form with a water-soluble form of the metal.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
28 words
A method for promoting the growth of an animal which comprises administering an effective amount of a formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13.
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