05.01.08
Carotech, Edison, NJ, has secured U.S. patent 7,211,274, entitled “Hair Growth Formulation,” for Tocomin SupraBio, a bio-enhanced natural full spectrum palm tocotrienol complex designed to promote hair growth in men and women suffering from androgenetic alopecia (pattern baldness), which affects about 50% of men and women older than 40 years of age. A key provision of the patent involves providing novel compositions for the formulation of Tocomin SupraBio in increasing the number of hairs and preventing hair loss. The complex is a self-emulsifying delivery system that guarantees an increase in bioavailability of tocotrienols (by an average of 250%) in the gastrointestinal tract and does not depend on dietary fat or food intake.