ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,399, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Heartbeet Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Compositions of nitrates and methods of use thereof" was invented by Jon Lundberg (Djursholm, Sweden) and Eddie Weitzberg (Stockholm).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inorganic anions nitrate and nitrite influence metabolic rate and glucose homeostasis. Infusion of nitrite iv caused an acute drop in resting energy expenditure (oxygen consumption) and nitrate, when given perorally, caused a reduction in oxygen consumption during exercise and a depression of the increase in blood glucose observed after an oral glucose tolerance test. The doses of nitrate and nitrite ...