Carbohydrate mixture

US6576251B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• N.V. Nutricia · NL

Inventors

• Bernd Stahl · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Gunther Sawatzki · Kandern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P31/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a carbohydrate mixture for dietetic foods administered by the enteral or parenteral route and pharmaceuticals, characterized in that said mixture consists of (a) monosaccharide(s), (b) oligosaccharide(s) (at most hexasaccharides) and (c) polysaccharide(s) (at least heptasaccharides), where the mixing ratio a, b, c, in respect of weight, is: &agr;=1, b=40 to 1000, and c=1 to 50, and in that it contains at least 1 weight percent of fucose occurring either freely and/or bound to an oligosaccharide and/or a polysaccharide. According to the invention, the carbohydrate mixture has both a nutritional and a biological effect which is considerably greater than the corresponding action of the individual constituents.