Granted Patent
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US 12,201,661 · App. 17/214,314 · Granted Jan 21, 2025
Maca compositions and methods of use
Assignee:
Bonafide Health, LLC
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Abstract
The present application is directed to composition comprising various maca extracts and the use of such compositions for treating certain diseases, disorders, and conditions.
Claims (1)
1. A method of treatment of a patient with chronic inflammation comprising the step of administering to said patient an effective amount of a maca nutritional supplement consisting of an effective amount of a synergistic combination of black maca and yellow maca in a ratio of 1:1; wherein the maca nutritional supplement has between about 15 and 40 grams of total sugar per 100 grams of the maca nutritional supplement.
Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Sep 29, 2023
From: JDS THERAPEUTICS, LLC
To: BONAFIDE HEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 065072/0787 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: KOMOROWSKI, JAMES R.; OJALVO, SARA PEREZ
To: JDS THERAPEUTICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063966/0503 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application
62411977
· Oct 24, 2016
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