Oral preparation containing seaweed for reduction of plaque and calculus
AssigneeSDC SweDenCare AB
InventorSune Wikner
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Abstract
An oral preparation for reduction of mammalian, e.g. human, cat or dog, plaque and/or calculus, such as bacterial plaque, arteriosclerotic plaque, atherosclerotic plaque, pleural plaque, dental calculus, renal calculus, biliary calculus, and prostatic calculus, contains a Ascophyllum sp., especially A. nodosum, seaweed or an extract thereof. The oral preperation is suitable for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic method of treating plaque and/or calculus in a mammalian individual.
Claims18
A therapeutic method of treating bacterial plaque and/or dental calculus in a mammalian individual in need thereof, comprising administering to said mammalian individual an oral preparation for consumption containing a bacterial plaque and/or dental calculus reducing amount of Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed as the active ingredient.
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