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US 12,594,234 B2Granted
Use of an epilobium fleischeri extract
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorsJoshua Claypool, Dominik Imfeld, Riccardo Sfriso
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an Epilobium extract, preferably an Epilobium fleischeri extract for use as a prebiotic.
Claims21
A method to increase the differential abundance of at least one microbe selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus epidermidis;
- Micrococcus yunnanensis, Cutibacterium granulosum, and Corynebacterium accolens, in the skin microbiome of an individual in need thereof, the method comprising the step of topically administering an effective amount of an Epilobium extract to an external surface of the individual in need thereof.
A method for providing protection to an external surface of the human body by increasing the differential abundance of at least one microbe selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus yunnanensis;
- Cutibacterium granulosum and Corynebacterium accolens in the skin microbiome of an individual in need thereof, the method comprising the step of applying an Epilobium extract to the external surface of the individual in need thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.