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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith A Garleb, Powell, OH (US);
Stephen J Demichele, Dublin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Labatories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 426 72 ; 514867 ; 514925 ;
Abstract
A method of improving the nutritional status and reversing the characteristic diarrhea and inflammatory condition in a mammalian creature having ulcerative colitis or inflammation of the colon which contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and (b) a source of indigestible carbohydrate which is metabolized to short chain fatty acids by microorganisms present in the human colon. Preferably the nutritional product also contains one or more nutrients which act as antioxidants.