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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Sung I. Koo, Manhattan, KS (US);
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhatten, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and composition for reducing the intestinal absorption of cholesterol in humans or animals are provided. Broadly, the methods comprise ingesting a composition (or a food product including the composition) comprising a substituted phosphatidylcholine compound, or comprising sufficient quantities of a phosphatidylcholine compound to provide from about 20-70% by weight of C,or higher alkyl groups. Preferred substituted phosphatidylcholine compounds include monoether phosphatidylcholines, diether phosphatidylcholines (wherein the alkyl group bonded to the second carbon atom of the glycerol moiety is a C,or higher alkyl group), or ester or diester phosphatidylcholines. Preferred C,or higher alkyl groups include C,-C,alkyl groups, preferably bonded to the second carbon atom of the glycerol moiety of the phosphatidylcholine compound.