Herbalife International of America, Inc.

Kan He

Joosang Park

Troy Smillie

Michael T Yatcilla

Andrea Bertocco

Qunyi Zheng

Zhaoyang Xie

Zhichao Bao

Isabel Andrea Garcia Tornadu

Provided herein is a method for improving the health of an intestinal epithelial barrier using. The method may include administeringextracts to intestinal epithelial cells. The decolorized aloe extract may be whole leaf extract, whole leaf dry extract, inner leaf dry extract, digested whole leaf extract, digested whole leaf dry extract, digested inner leaf dry extract, or a combination thereof.

Methods of treatment using decolorizedextracts

Acetylated polysaccharides and methods of making and using them are provided. One method of making acetylated polysaccharides includes providing polysaccharides, purifying the polysaccharides to 1-90% purity by weight, providing an acetylation agent, providing a catalyst, mixing the acetylation agent and catalyst with the polysaccharides, thereby manufacturing acetylated polysaccharides, and purifying the acetylated polysaccharides.

Acetylation of aloe polysaccharides

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Kan He