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US 2009/0022758 A1Published application
Yeast cell walls for the treatment or prevention of hyperglycemia or for the stabilization of glycemia
AssigneeLesaffre Et Compagnie
InventorLucien Lesaffre
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Abstract
The invention relates to agents and preparations for the treatment or prevention of hyperglycemia, or for the stabilization of glycemia, based on the cell walls of yeast and preparation of a corresponding therapeutic composition.
Claims16
An agent for the treatment or prevention of hyperglycemia or for the stabilization of glycemia, said agent consisting of cell walls of yeast of the genus Saccharomyces cerevisiae, said yeast cell walls having:
- a total glucan and mannan content of 55% to 70% by mass on a dry matter basis, and
- a glycogen content of less than 10.0% by mass on a dry matter basis.
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