Anti diarrhoea compositions
AssigneeLoders Croklaan USA LLC
InventorsUlrike Schmid, Wiro Stam, Geoff Collins, Johan Verhaart
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for the prevention/curing/treatment of diarrhoea in mammals by administering the mammals an effective daily amount of a composition comprising as active component(s) phytosterols and/or pentacyclotriterpenes as present in or derived from Shea oil as well as a method for the preparation of a food or a feed product comprising carbohydrates and proteins wherein the food or feed product has anti-diarrhoea or anti scouring properties by the incorporation of an effective amount of phytosterols and/or pentacyclotriterpenes as present in or derived from Shea oil as active component.
Claims12
Method for treating diarrhoea in mammals which comprises administering to the mammals an effective daily amount of a composition comprising, as active component, phytosterols and/or pentacyclotriterpenes as present in or derived from Shea oil.
Method for the preparation of an animal feed having anti-diarrhoea or anti-scouring properties comprising incorporating in an animal feed comprising carbohydrates and proteins an effective amount of shea sterols and/or shea pentacyclotriterpenes as present in Shea oil as active component sufficient to provide said properties in said animal feed, said shea sterols and/or shea pentacyclotriterpenes comprising at least 50 wt % of 4,4-dimethyl derivatives of shea sterols and/or shea pentacyclotriterpenes selected from the group consisting of alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrin, butyrospermol and luperol.
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