USE OF LACTOBACILLUS FOR INCREASING THE ABSORPTION OF A METAL CHOSEN FROM Fe, Zn, Ca AND IONS THEREOF
AssigneeProbi AB
InventorsJan Alenfall, Anna Berggren
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of at least one strain of Lactobacillus plantarum chosen from the group comprising Lactobacillus plantarum 299, DSM 6595, Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, DSM 9843, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 9, DSM 15312, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 19, DSM 15313, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 99, DSM 15316, and a part thereof, for the preparation of a composition for increasing the absorption of at least one kind of metal/metal ion in a mammal, preferably a human.
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A method for treating iron deficiency to prevent iron-deficiency anemia, the method comprising orally administering to an iron deficient mammal nonheme iron and a composition comprising at least one viable strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, in an amount of from about 1×106 to about 1×1014 CFU, selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus plantarum 299, DSM 6595, Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, DSM 9843, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 9, DSM 15312, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 19, DSM 15313, and Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 99, DSM 15316, thereby treating iron deficiency.
A method for increasing iron absorption in a human subject, the method comprising
- (i) providing a composition comprising at least one viable strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, in an amount of from about 1×106 to about 1×1014 CFU, selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus plantarum 299, DSM 6595, Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, DSM 9843, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 9, DSM 15312, Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 19, DSM 15313, and Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL 99, DSM 15316, and
- (ii) instructing a subject to receive and self-administer or allow to be administered said composition and non-heme iron.
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