Uses of Dendrobium polysaccharides and vancomycin-sensitive bacteria, and compositions containing the same
AssigneeHong Kong Authentication Centre of Valuable Chinese Medicines
InventorsQuanbin HAN, Chuying HUO, Lifeng LI
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Abstract
Disclosed are beneficial uses of Dendrobium polysaccharides, and compositions comprising them and vancomycin-sensitive bacteria for intestinal disorders. The present disclosure relates to a method of treating an intestinal disorders, such as an inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering Dendrobium polysaccharide to an individual in need thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a method of treating an intestinal disease comprising administering vancomycin-sensitive bacteria to an individual in need thereof, wherein said individual has taken or is about to take Dendrobium polysaccharide.
Claims20
A use of vancomycin-sensitive bacteria, comprising making therapeutically effective doses of vancomycin-sensitive bacteria available in the intestines of subjects in need thereof, for increasing intestinal absorption of Dendrobium polysaccharide (DP) in subjects in need thereof.
A composition for increasing gut health, comprising
- (i) Dendrobium polysaccharide (DP);
- and
- (ii) live, inactivated, dead, or lysed bacteria of vancomycin-sensitive bacteria, etc.
A method for treating an inflammatory bowel disease in a subject, comprising:
- i) administering a therapeutically effective dose of DP;
- ii) prior to step i,
- making therapeutically effective doses of vancomycin-sensitive bacteria available in the intestines of the subject, wherein the vancomycin-sensitive bacteria express glycoside hydrolase EC 3.2.1.78;
- or
- administering a therapeutically effective dose of bacterial proteins of the vancomycin-sensitive bacteria, and/or glycoside hydrolase EC 3.2.1.78 to the subject.
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