US 12,708,652 B2Granted

Sleep promoting composition, and food product, medicinal product, and animal feed containing said composition

AssigneeMegmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.

InventorsHiroki Murakami, Taro Ko, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Azusa Kamikouchi, Ikue Mori

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for promoting sleep, that enables an increase of the sleep amounts in the overall night and in the initial stage of the night, a decrease of the sleep onset latent time, and an increase of the length of a sleep episode, and that is excellent in the stability and the safety. Another object of the present invention is to provide a food, a drug, and a feed that each include the composition for promoting sleep. The composition for promoting sleep is characterized in that the composition for promoting sleep includes a microorganism belonging to either Bifidobacterium adolescentis or Lactobacillus plantarum, or a culture thereof as an active ingredient.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A method for promoting sleep comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising one or more microorganism(s) selected from Bifidobacterium adolescentis SBT0430 with accession number NITE BP-03103, Bifidobacterium adolescentis SBT2786 with accession number NITE BP-03102, or Lactobacillus plantarum SBT2227 with accession number NITE BP-03104, wherein the composition comprises:

cells of said microorganism(s) separated from a culture;
a culture of said microorganism(s) in a medium selected from:
a culture medium comprising milk component,
a semi-synthetic medium including no milk component,
a chemically defined synthetic medium, or
de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) culture medium;
a dairy product comprising said microorganism(s), wherein the diary product is selected from cheese, fermented milk, or a dairy beverage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/797,691Filed 26 Jan 2021
Priority: JP 2020-0181485 Feb 2020
Published: US 2023/0085298 A116 Mar 2023
Granted: 18 Aug 2026
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Classification18 codes

A61K 35/745
Lactic acid bacteria, e.g. enterococci, pediococci, lactococci, streptococci or leuconostocs: bifidobacteria
A23C 9/1234
Using only microorganisms of the genus lactobacteriaceae; Yoghurt: characterised by using a Lactobacillus sp. other than Lactobacillus Bulgaricus,…
A23K 10/16
Obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes: addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff…
A23K 10/18
Addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff compositions: of live microorganisms