Selection and/or enhancement of resident microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract

US6528498B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The University of New South Wales · AU
• Burns Philp & Company Limited · AU
• Burns Philp Research & Development PTY Ltd. · AU
• COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION · 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
• Karl Anders Olof Henriksson · Sydney, AU
• Kenneth J. McNaught · Cottage Point, AU
• Xin Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2003
• Expiry date: May 18, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

Improved method of enhancing a population of one or more target micoorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the improvement comprising providing to the animal a selected modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, such that the one or more microorganisms will selectively utilize the starch and/or increase in number and/or activity in the gastrointestinal tract, either uniformly throughout the gastrointestinal tract or at specific site or regions.