Compositions comprising unsaturated fatty acids and nitric oxide releasing compounds and use thereof for enhancing cognitive and related functions
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorYuanlong Pan
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Abstract
Compositions include arginine and one or more unsaturated fatty acids. Methods for using such compositions can enhance cognitive function, reduce or prevent a decline of social interaction, reduce or prevent age-related behavioral changes, increase trainability, maintain optimal brain function, facilitate learning and memory, reduce memory loss, retard brain aging, prevent or treat strokes, and/or prevent or treat dementia in an animal. Preferably, the compositions are food compositions useful for enhancing cognitive function in humans and companion animals.
Claims21
A method of enhancing cognitive function in an aging companion animal, the method comprising:
- administering a composition to the aging companion animal on a daily basis, the aging companion animal is an aging canine or aging feline, the composition comprising effective amounts of arginine and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), wherein the DHA is about 0.1% to about 50% of the composition, and the administering of the composition on a daily basis for a time period results in enhanced cognitive function in the aging companion animal compared with an equivalent aging companion animal not administered the composition for an equivalent time period.
A method comprising:
- identifying an aging canine or aging feline in which enhancement of cognitive function is desired;
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- administering a composition to the aging canine or aging feline in which enhancement of cognitive function is desired, the composition is administered on a daily basis and comprises effective amounts of arginine and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), wherein the DHA is about 0.1% to about 50% of the composition, and the administering of the composition on a daily basis for a time period results in enhanced cognitive function in the aging canine or aging feline compared with an equivalent aging canine or aging feline not administered the composition for an equivalent time period.
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