Beverage Products
This disclosure provides beverage products comprising a compound of Formula I, such as anatabine, suitable for human consumption.
1 . A beverage product suitable for human consumption, comprising a beverage container containing a liquid medium and an isolated form of a compound of Formula I
wherein R represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 5 alkyl; R′ represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 7 alkyl; and X represents halogen or C 1 -C 7 alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and the dotted line within piperidine ring B represents a carbon/carbon or carbon/nitrogen double bond or two conjugated double bonds selected independently from a carbon/nitrogen double bond and a carbon/carbon double bonds, wherein:
when a carbon/nitrogen double bond is present, R is absent; and either:
(i) “a” is an integer ranging from 1-4 and “b” is an integer ranging from 0-8; or
(ii) “a” is an integer ranging from 0-4 and “b” is an integer ranging from 1-8, and
wherein when a carbon/nitrogen double bond is not present, R is present; “a” is an integer ranging from 0-4; and “b” is an integer ranging from 0-8, or a salt thereof.
2 . The beverage product of claim 1 , wherein R represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 3 alkyl.
3 . The beverage product of claim 1 , wherein R′ represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl.
4 . The beverage product of claim 1 , wherein X represents halogen or C 1 -C 3 alkyl.
5 . The beverage product of claim 1 , wherein the compound is anatabine.
6 . The beverage product of claim 5 , wherein the compound is S-(−)-anatabine.
7 . The beverage product of claim 5 , wherein the compound is R-(+)-anatabine.
8 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which further comprises a vitamin.
9 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which comprises a flavoring agent.
10 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which comprises citrus juice.
11 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which comprises a stabilizing agent.
12 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which comprises purified water.
13 . The beverage product of claim 1 , which comprises from about 0.00001 to about 0.0001 wt % of an isolated form of the compound of Formula I.
14 . The beverage product of claim 13 , wherein the compound is anatabine.
15 . A beverage container comprising the beverage product of claim 1 .
16 . The beverage container of claim 15 , selected from the group consisting of a glass bottle, a plastic bottle, and a can.