Enhancement of microbial colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract

US6221350A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The University of New South Wales · AU
• Burns Philp & Company Limited · AU
• Burns Philp Research & Development PTY Ltd. · AU
• The Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization · AU
• Arnott's Biscuits Limited · AU
• Gist-Brocades Australia PTY Limited · AU
• Goodman Fiedler Ingredients Limited · AU

Inventors

• Ian Brown · Forbes, AU
• Patricia Conway · Sydney, AU
• David Topping · Pimba, AU
• Xin Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P1/14
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Probiotic composition comprising one or more probiotic microorganisms, a carrier which will function to transport the one or more probiotic microorganisms to the large bowel or other regions of the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the carrier comprising a modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, which carrier acts as a growth or maintenance medium for microorganisms in the large bowel or other regions of the gastrointestinal tract, and an oligosaccharide. Method of increasing the number of probiotic or resident microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal comprising providing to the animal the probiotic composition.