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AssigneeTiense Suikerraffinaderij N.V.
InventorsJAN VAN LOO, ANNE FRIPPIAT
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The use is provided of a fructran with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 15 for the manufacture of a composition for the prevention and/or treatment of colon cancer in non-bovine mammals, particularly in human beings. Also provided is a method of prevention and treatment of colon cancer in a non-bovine mammal, particularly in a human being, comprising administering to said mammal a composition comprising an effective dose of a fructan with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 15. The said composition can be a medicament as well as a functional food. In a preferred embodiment the fructan is inulin, more preferably inulin with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 20.
Use of a fructan with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 15 for the manufacture of a composition for the prevention and/or treatment of colon cancer in non-bovine mammals.
Use according to any of daims 1 to 7 wherein the composition is a medicament.
Method of prevention of colon cancer in a non-bovine mammal comprising administering to said mammal susceptible of colon cancer in need of such treatment, a composition comprising an effective dose of a fructan with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 15.
Method of treatment of colon cancer in a non-bovine mammal comprising administering to said mammal in need of such treatment, a composition comprising an effective dose of a fructan with an average degree of polymerisation of at least 15.
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