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US 8,945,639 B2Granted
Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
AssigneeProvexis (IBD) Limited
InventorJonathan Rhodes
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions (including medicaments and nutritional products) for use in the prevention or treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Such compositions comprise a therapeutically effective amount of a soluble fiber derivable from fruit of the Musa spp. The soluble fiber may in particular be derived from plantains or bananas.
Claims20
A method for treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a subject with inflammatory bowel disease, comprising:
- providing a composition comprising a substantially starch free soluble fiber derived from a fruit of the Musa spp.;
- and
- administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to the subject with Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
- whereby the Inflammatory Bowel Disease is treated.
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A method for treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a subject with inflammatory bowel disease, comprising:
- providing a composition comprising a substantially starch free soluble fiber derived from banana;
- and
- administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to the subject with Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
- whereby the Inflammatory Bowel Disease is treated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.