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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Amy B. Howell, Hammonton, NJ (US);
Nicholi Vorsa, Atco, NJ (US);
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to isolation and identification of plant proanthocyanidin extracts and particular proanthocyanidin compounds for prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections caused by P-type . These extracts can be obtained from any proanthocyanidin-containing plants, including plants of the families Ericaceae, Rosaceae, Pinaceae, Vitaceae and the like. Preferably the extracts are from cranberry plants (especially, ) and other plants, particularly fruit and berry plants from the Vaccinium spp. The extracts and compounds are also provided as pharmaceutical compositions, food additives and food compositions, especially beverages, ground meat preparations and cranberry-containing food products. The invention also relates to methods of reducing pathogenicity of P-type in the digestive tracts of cattle and reducing P-type contamination in ground meat as well as methods of detecting P-type bacteria.