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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kaubushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A23L / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241951 ; 426543 ; 426618 ; 514 54 ; 514 57 ; 536128 ;
Abstract
Dietary fiber, obtained from extracting wheat bran with water, having an average molecular weight of 5.times.10.sup.2 to 1.times.10.sup.5, from 95.3 to 99.0% by weight of a sugar, primarily glucose, and 0.1 to 3.0% by weight protein components. The fiber, when eaten, promotes the digestion and absorption of nutrients, waste excretion and proliferation of Lactobacillus bifidus in the large intestine.