| abstract |
The invention relates to food and medical industry, medical cosmetics, dermatology, agriculture and the feed industry. The invention provides for the use of vicinal dithioglycol having the general chemical formula RCH (SH) CH (SH) R (1) as a food supplement, a food product, as physiologically active substances and active ingredients of feed additives and feed. The invention also includes methods for producing such additives, products, and agents. The substance of formula (1) stimulates physiological processes, increases the immunity of humans and animals, and inhibits undesirable processes in the body and food products. |