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US 6,472,011 B1Granted
L-carnitine agent
AssigneeSnow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakafumi Yakabe, Kiyoko Ozaki, Masaharu Shimatani, Tadashi Idota
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Abstract
An L-carnitine agent has an indispensable function in the body and utility as a material for pharmaceutical agents or food and drink. By subjecting milk or modified milk products of mammals from which casein is removed, to the treatment of desalting and partial removal of lactose followed by drying, L-carnitine content, lactose content, and ash content are adjusted to 0.1˜100 mmol/100 g, 20˜95 g/100 g, and 5 g/100 g or less, respectively.
Claims7
A method of producing an L-carnitine agent, characterized by adjusting:
- an L-carnitine content to 0.1-100 mmol/100 g;
- a lactose content to 20-95 g/100 g;
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- an ash content to 5 g/100 g or less, respectively,
- by (i) subjecting milk or modified milk products of mammals from which casein is removed, to the treatment of desalting and partial removal of lactose, (ii) repeating step (i) multiple times to increase the L-carnitine content, thereby obtaining an L-carnitine solution, and (iii) drying the solution, thereby obtaining said L-carnitine agent.
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