Human milk permeate compositions and methods of making and using same
AssigneeProlacta Bioscience, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Fournell, Scott Eaker, Scott Elster, David J. Rechtman
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Abstract
This disclosure features human milk permeates and compositions containing the same obtained from fractionated whole human milk The oligosaccharide rich permeate and permeate compositions of the present invention are useful as nutritional supplements for pre-term and full term infants, for establishing or maintaining gut flora and for treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Claims21
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A nutritional supplement for administration to a human comprising human milk permeate filtered from human milk.
A method for making human milk permeate comprising:
- (a) obtaining human milk
- (b) separating the milk into cream and skim
- (c) filtering the skim to obtain a permeate
- (d) retaining the permeate
- (e) diluting, concentrating or drying the permeate.
A composition for establishing beneficial gut flora in a subject comprising a human milk permeate.
A composition for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease comprising a human milk permeate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.