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Enteropathy ameliorating composition

AssigneeTaiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.

InventorsTakeo Yokawa, Noriyuki Ishihara

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, ameliorating or treating a bowel disease, comprising galactomannan and/or arabinogalactan; a liquid food for preventing, ameliorating or treating a bowel disease, characterized in that the liquid food comprises a protein and galactomannan and/or arabinogalactan; and a composition for preventing, ameliorating or treating an irritable bowel syndrome, comprising degraded galactomannan.

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Dependent claims

A method for ameliorating or treating an inflammatory bowel disease, comprising

administering a composition comprising galactomannan in an amount sufficient to lower the activity of myeloperoxidase and TNF-α to a patient suffering from said inflammatory bowel disease, wherein said galactomannan is a degraded galactomannan having an average molecular weight of from 8,000 to 50,000 and a viscosity of 10 mPa·s or less, as determined by 0.5(w/v) % aqueous solution of the degraded galactomannan,
wherein the degraded galactomannan is produced by hydrolyzing guar gum with β-mannanase. without further chemical processing, and
wherein the administering step includes administering the composition having 5-100% by weight of galactomannan in an amount of 1 to 70g/day/adult.

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Facts

Application: 10/582,323Filed 26 Aug 2004
Priority: JP 2003-41549612 Dec 2003
Published: US 2007/0104760 A110 May 2007
Granted: 3 Apr 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A61K 31/715
Carbohydrates; Sugars; Derivatives thereof: polysaccharides, i.e. having more than five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic…
A23L 29/238
Of vegetable origin: from seeds, e.g. locust bean gum or guar gum
A23L 29/25
Of vegetable origin: exudates, e.g. gum arabic, gum acacia, gum karaya or tragacanth
A23L 33/22
Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres: comminuted fibrous parts of plants, e.g. bagasse or pulp

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Abstract

Facts

Application

10/582,323Filed 26 Aug 2004

Priority

JP 2003-41549612 Dec 2003

Published

US 2007/0104760 A110 May 2007

Granted

3 Apr 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A61K 31/715
Carbohydrates; Sugars; Derivatives thereof: polysaccharides, i.e. having more than five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic…
A23L 29/238
Of vegetable origin: from seeds, e.g. locust bean gum or guar gum
A23L 29/25
Of vegetable origin: exudates, e.g. gum arabic, gum acacia, gum karaya or tragacanth
A23L 33/22
Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres: comminuted fibrous parts of plants, e.g. bagasse or pulp