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.
Claims6
Milk comprising a camitine selected from the group consisting of L-camitine, acetyl L-camitine, propionyl L-camitine, a mixture thereof, and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the camitine, in an effective amount of from 400 mg to 9,000 mg/L or mg/kg of milk to stimulate upon ingestion, 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 wherein the milk is the integral product of a complete, uninterrupted milking of a healthy, well nourished milk-bearing female, obtained by manual or mechanical milking and is selected from cow's milk, delactosed milk, condensed milk, cow-buffalo's milk, goat's milk or sheep's milk.
A method of stimulating in a consumer of milk, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes of said consumer, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the milk, which comprises administering to the consumer milk to which has been added a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-camitine, acetyl L-camitine, propionyl L-camitine, a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the carnitine, in an effective amount to stimulate said synthesis wherein the milk is selected from cow's milk, delactosed milk, condensed milk, cow-buffalo's milk, goat's milk or sheep's milk.
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