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US 5,344,824 AGranted
Method for reducing insulin secretion
AssigneeMatsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuhiro Ohkuma, Shigeru Wakabayashi, Yoshimi Mochizuki, Mitsuko Satouchi
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Abstract
A food composite for saving insulin secretion comprising a refined product of pyrodextrin obtained as an active ingredient through a process of decomposing starch or starch hydrolyzate by heating in the presence of an acid or without acid.
Claims11
A method for reducing insulin secretion without negatively affecting/influencing blood glucose levels in an animal which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a pyrodextrin hydrolysate which is obtained by heating starch in the presence of a mineral acid and in the presence of water in an amount of not more than about 5% based on the weight of the starch to prepare pyrodextrin, hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin with alpha-amylase and refining the hydrolyzed pyrodextrin;
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- (b) orally administering an effective amount of the pyro-dextrin hydrolysate to the animal.
A method for reducing insulin secretion without negatively affecting/influencing blood glucose levels in an animal which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a pyrodextrin hydrolysate which is obtained by heating starch in the presence of a mineral acid and in the presence of water in an amount of not more than about 5% based on the weight of the starch to prepare pyrodextrin, hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin with alpha-amylase and then with glucoamylase, and subjecting the hydrolyzed dextrin to ion exchange resin chromatography to refine the hydrolyzed pyrodextrin;
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- (b) orally administering an effective amount of the pyro-dextrin hydrolysate to the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.