Milk fractions and milk preparations for treating and/or preventing COX-2 mediated diseases
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsLionel Bovetto, Joerg Hau, Catherine Mace
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to nutritional and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases and to a process for increasing the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibiting activity of a product. In addition thereto, the present invention relates to the use of one ore more milk protein fractions and/or one ore more milk protein preparations for inhibiting the activity of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), in particular for the preparation of a medicament or a functional food for treating and preventing cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases.
Claims10
A composition for treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases, the composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a sweet casein fraction of bovine milk that exhibits a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibiting activity, and wherein the composition further comprises a food material selected from the group consisting of milk, yogurt, curd, cheese, fermented milks, a milk based fermented product, an ice-cream, a cereal based product, a milk based product, infant formula, pet food and combinations thereof.
A method for preparing a food composition for treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases, the method comprising adding to food composition a therapeutically effective amount of a sweet casein fraction of bovine milk that exhibits a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibiting activity.
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