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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Anthony Richard Bird, North Brighton, AU;
Gulay Saygat Mann, Page, AU;
Sadequr Rahman, Nicholls, AU;
Ahmed Regina, Palmerston, AU;
Zhongyi LI, Kaleen, AU;
David Lloyd Topping, Victor Harbor, AU;
Matthew Kennedy Morell, Aranda, AU;
Anthony Richard Bird, North Brighton, AU;
Gulay Saygat Mann, Page, AU;
Sadequr Rahman, Nicholls, AU;
Ahmed Regina, Palmerston, AU;
Zhongyi Li, Kaleen, AU;
David Lloyd Topping, Victor Harbor, AU;
Matthew Kennedy Morell, Aranda, AU;
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Campbell, AU;
Limagrain Cereales Ingredients SA, Saint Ignat, FR;
Abstract
A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30% and/or the grain comprises a reduced level of SBEIIa enzyme activity and/or protein relative to wild-type grain.