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Method of alleviating gastrointestinal distress by ingesting beta-fructofuranosidase

Patent 5651967 Issued on July 29, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 21, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Application

No. 517206 filed on 08/21/1995

US Classes:

424/94.61, Acting on glycosyl compound (3.2) (e.g., glycosidases lysozyme, nucleosidases, cellulase, etc.)424/94.1, ENZYME OR COENZYME CONTAINING424/94.6, Hydrolases (3. ) (e.g., urease, lipase, asparaginase, muramidase, etc.)426/46, Legume426/52, With added enzyme material or microorganism435/195, Hydrolase (3. )435/200, Acting on glycosyl compound (3.2)435/201Acting on alpha-1, 4-glucosidic bond, (e.g., hyaluronidase, invertase, amylase, etc. (some 3.2.1))

Examiners

Primary: Lankford, L. Blaine

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 341885 EP. 11/13/1989
  • 1107824 GB 03/13/1968
  • 9014101 WO. 11/13/1990

International Classes

A61K 038/47
A61K 038/46
C12N 009/26

Abstract

This invention relates to a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition, which alleviates gastrointestinal distress caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme. This invention also relates to a method of alleviating gastrointestinal distress in the gastrointestinal system of a human being, which distress is caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, the method comprising the step of ingesting a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, to convert oligosaccharides contained in the ingested food to reducing sugars.

Other References

  • Negoro. Hakko Kogaku Zasshi vol. 51(12). 1973. pp. 879-886
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  • Novozym 230 Specification Sheet, Novo Nordisk Bioindustrials, Inc. (1992)
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  • Enzyme Additive For Beans Reduces Gassy Feeling (1991
  • Source Book of Food Enzymology, Enzymes as Health and Safety Benefits, pp. 653-654 (1981)
  • Merck Index, 10th Edition (1983), p. 487 Item 4873 "Invertase"
  • Slominski, J. Sci. Food. Agric., 1994, 65, 323-3
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