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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Schaller, Columbus, OH (US);
Steven N Anderson, Aurora, IL (US);
Terry Bruce Mazer, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Milo Duane Hilty, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Melinda Guzman-Harty, Gahanna, OH (US);
Theresa Siu-Ling Lee, Columbus, OH (US);
Tammy Marie Bowman, Newark, OH (US);
Jill M Lamm, Gahanna, OH (US);
Jin-Zhou Liu, Westerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514547 ; 560185 ; 560186 ; 560187 ; 560189 ; 560201 ;
Abstract
A nutritional formulation containing an amount of diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides effective to inhibit the infectious activity of pathogenic microorganisms is provided. A process of inhibiting the infectious activity of pathogenic microorganisms including the step of feeding the nutritional composition to a subject is also provided.