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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1997
Yoshihide Suwa, Osaka, JP;
Kunimasa Koga, Osaka, JP;
Shigeaki Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Masako Okazaki, Osaka, JP;
Toshio Irie, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakada, Osaka, JP;
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A Bifidobacterium bifidum proliferation promoting composition comprising a xylooligosaccharide which contains xylobiose as its principal component is disclosed. The xylooligosaccharide is obtained by enzymatically or physicochemically treating either xylan or hemicellulose derived from a natural source. Bifidobacterium bifidum which is useful for man is encouraged to proliferate in the intestines by the xylooligosaccharide which is not readily assimilated by Escherichia coli but is readily utilized by Bifidobacterium bifidum. The xylooligosaccharide is advantageously stable when exposed to acids or heat.