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US 10,473,673 B2Granted
Methods for increasing palatability of pet foodstuff
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsScott Joseph McGrane, Andrew John Taylor, Matthew Ronald Gibbs, Richard Masten Fine, Boris Klebansky
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a compound that binds to or modulates the activity of one or more polypeptides encoding one or more receptors that are involved in the detection and perception of fatty acids.
Claims12
A method for increasing palatability of a pet foodstuff comprising:
- (a) contacting a polypeptide with a compound, wherein the polypeptide comprises GPR120 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5,
- (b) measuring the biological activity of the polypeptide in the absence and in the presence of the compound, and
- (c) admixing the compound or a composition comprising the compound with a pet foodstuff when there is a difference between the biological activity in the absence, compared to the presence of the compound, wherein the compound has an EC50 value of no more than 110 μM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.