Raffinerie Tirlemontoise S.a.

Paul Coussement

Georges Smits

Jan Van Loo

Leen De Leenheer

Nathalie Delzenne

Marcel Roberfroid

The invention relates to the use of inulin, oligofructose or their derivatives as functional ingredients in functional food, functional feed, OTC and pharmaceutical composition to prevent mammary carcinogenesis or treat breast cancer.

Prevention of mammary carcinogenesis and breast cancer treatment

Branched fructo-oligosaccharides consisting of a chain which comprises mainly fructose units and has a preferred chain length of 2 to 15 units, on which are fixed one or more side chains mainly composed of fructose units. The length of the side chain, which may be straight or branched, is of 1 to 10 units. A composition consisting of one or more of the above mentioned branched fructo-oligosaccharides and, particularly, mixtures comprising, apart from the branched fructo-oligosaccharides, other ingredients such as proteins, lipids or fatty acids, carbohydrates, fibers and other additives, are also described.

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Pellenberg, Belgium

Paul Coussement