Food supplemented with a carnitine, suitable for stimulating the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids contained in the food
AssigneeSigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
InventorClaudio Cavazza
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Abstract
A food selected from the group comprising milk and dairy products derived from milk, comprising a carnitine in an effective amount to stimulate, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes that take place in a consumer of said food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acid from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food.
Claims9
A food consisting of a dairy product derived from milk comprising a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-carnitine, acetyl L-carnitine, propionyl L-carnitine, a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the carnitine, in an effective amount of from 400 mg to 9,000 mg/L or mg/kg of food product to stimulate upon ingestion, through the natural fatty acid metabolism processes that take place in a consumer of said food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food.
A method of stimulating in a consumer of a food consisting of a dairy product derived from milk, through the natural fatty acid metabolism processes of said consumer, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food, which process comprises administering to the consumer a food consisting of dairy products derived from milk to which has been added a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-carnitine, acetyl L-carnitine, propionyl L-carnitine, a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the carnitine, in an effective amount to stimulate said synthesis.
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