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US 12,207,673 B2Granted
Compounds that modulate fatty acid receptor activity and pet food products containing the same
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsScott Joseph McGrane, Matthew Ronald Gibbs, Richard Masten Fine, Jerry Wallace Skiles
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Abstract
A flavor composition comprising at least one compound that modulates, increases and/or enhances the activity of a GPR120 fatty acid receptor that can be used to enhance the fatty acid taste and/or palatability of pet food products is described herein. Also disclosed herein are methods for identifying said compounds.
Claims10
A flavor composition comprising a compound of Formula III comprising the structure
- wherein
- X is O, S, C(O), or a chemical bond;
- X1 is O or S;
- Y is COOH, SO3H, —OP(O)(OH)2, or tetrazole;
- W is halogen, COOH, COOMe, CN, CHO, aryl, OH, H, —S-aryl, —O-aryl, —N-aryl, CF3, OCH3, CH3, NO2, or OEt;
- R is CH3;
- n1 is 0-4;
- n2 is 0-2;
- and
- n3 is 1-12 or branched or unbranched C2-C20
- wherein the compound is present in the flavor composition at a concentration of from about 0.001 μM to about 1 mM and wherein the compound is a GPR120 agonist.
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