Sphingolipids for improvement of the composition of the intestinal flora
AssigneeNederlandse Organizatie voor Toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
InventorWillem Nieuwenhuizen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for improving the composition of the intestinal flora, to a food comprising a sphingolipid for use in such a method, to methods for the preparation of such a food and to the use of sphingolipids for the preparation of a medicine for improving the composition of the intestinal flora. More in particular, the present invention relates to a method and food in which a sphingolipid chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine, or a precursor, a derivative, or suitable salt thereof is used.
Claims12
A method for improving the composition of the intestinal flora of a bird or a mammal, comprising administering, to said bird or said mammal, a food in which one or more sphingolipids chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine, or a precursor, a derivative, or suitable salt thereof are overabundant.
A method for improving the composition of the intestinal flora of a bird or a mammal, comprising administering, to said bird or said mammal, of a pharmaceutical preparation comprising a sphingolipid chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine, or a precursor, a derivative, or suitable salt thereof, and one or more excipients.
A food in which one or more sphingolipids chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine, or a precursor, a derivative, or suitable salt thereof are overabundant.
Use of a sphingolipid chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine for the preparation of a medicine for the improvement of the composition of the intestinal flora.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.