US Patent Issued to GUANZHOU UNIVERISTY on April 8 for "Peptide for complexing zinc ion, complex thereof and use therefor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,064, issued on April 8, was assigned to GUANZHOU UNIVERISTY (Guangdong, China).

"Peptide for complexing zinc ion, complex thereof and use therefor" was invented by Qingzhu Zeng (Guangdong, China), Yingmin Zheng (Guangdong, China) and Qingling Xu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a peptide for complexing zinc ion, complex thereof and use therefor. The amino acid composition and sequence of the peptide for complexing zinc ion are Lys-Tyr-Lys-Arg-Gln-Arg-Trp (SEQ ID NO: 1). The peptide for complexing is derived from soybean or peanut, is an inherent component of foods, and has a super strong complex...