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US 6,638,542 B2Granted
Reducing appetite in mammals by administering procyanidin and hydroxycitric acid
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsArie Gijsbert Nieuwenhuizen, Katrien Maria Jozefa Van Laere
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Abstract
Procyanidin, optionally combined with hydroxycitric acid, is used in a method for the reduction of appetite in a mammal. Preferably procyanidin is administered to the mammal in a dosage of between 0.5 and 100 mg per kg bodyweight. Also shown is a process for the manufacture of an appetite reducing composition.
Claims10
A process for the manufacture of a composition, for oral administration, comprising admixing:
- a) a plant extract obtained from one or more, plant sources selected from the group consisting of grape, pine, cocoa, tamarind, tomato, peanut, almond, apple, cranberry and blueberry, wherein said plant extract comprises at least 50 weight percent procyanidin based on the dry weight of the extract and
- b) an hydroxycitric acid containing raw material wherein said hydroxycitric acid containing raw material comprises at least 50 weight percent hydroxycitric acid based on dry weight of the hydroxycitric acid containing raw material
- forming an admixture comprising a) and b) to produce a composition for oral administration which when administered to a mammal can provide per dosage between 0.5 to 100 mg procyanidin per kg of body weight and between 2 to 250 mg hydroxycitric acid per kg of body weight.
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