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US 11,110,135 B2Granted
Bacterial strains belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium for use in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia
AssigneeProbiotical S.P.A.
InventorsGiovanni Mogna, Gian Paolo Strozzi, Luca Mogna
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Abstract
Selected bacterial strains belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium for use in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia are described. In particular, a food composition or supplement product or medical device or pharmaceutical composition has said bacterial strains in association with sterols or phytosterols and/or stanols or phytostanols and/or glucomannan and/or konjac gum and/or prebiotic fibres and/or fermented red rice and/or betaglucans from oats, oat bran, barley, barley bran and/or Aloe arborescens gel in lyophilized form.
Claims12
A medicament comprising a bacterial composition comprising:
- at least one bacterial strain belonging to the species Bifidobacterium bifidum capable of absorbing cholesterol onto its surface cell wall selected from the group consisting of the bacterial strain B. bifidum BB06 (MB107) DSM 24688 and the bacterial strain B. bifidum MB109 DSM 23731, and
- at least one bacterial strain belonging to the species Bifidobacterium lactis, Bifidobacterium breve or Bifidobacterium infantis capable of hydrolyzing bile salts on an intracellular and/or extracellular level,
- the bacterial composition in an effective amount for preventive or curative treatment of hypercholesterolaemia in a subject.
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