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US 7,399,475 B1Granted
Inactivated microorganisms comprising substances having pharmacological activity
AssigneeToner Enterprise Inc.
InventorErnst Bernhard Grabitz
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Abstract
Inactivated microorganisms are described which comprise agents that are pharmacologically active for human or animal organisms. A process for the preparation of said organisms is further described and their use as medicaments, food integrators or nutritional substances in general, for both human and animal alimentation.
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A process for the preparation of a Saccharomyces' cell wall wherein said cell wall contains one or more pharmacological or nutritional substances soluble in an aqueous solution, comprising the following steps:
- i) drawing out the endocellular mass of a Saccharomyces by means of a hypertonic treatment;
- ii) separating the endocellular mass and recovering the Saccharomyces cell wall;
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- iii) loading one or more pharmacological or nutritional substances soluble in an aqueous solution into the Saccharomyces cell wall recovered in step ii) by incubating said Saccharomyces' cell wall in a hypotonic aqueous solution or an iso-tonic aqueous solution, comprising the pharmacological or nutritional substances.
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