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Reduction of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms with sialic acid and gangliosides

US4762822A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1985
Grant dateAug 9, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 8, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07H15/10
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention discloses mother's milk substitutes containing sialic acid or a ganglioside that reduce the number of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms in a young mammal's food and gastrointestinal tract. The invention also discloses dietary supplements and methods for reducing the number of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms.

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