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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Haydn Robert Sinclair, Camerton Bath and South East Somerset, GB;
Jaap DE Slegte, Doetinchem, NL;
Gijsbertus Klarenbeek, Ommen, NL;
Haydn Robert Sinclair, Camerton Bath and South East Somerset, GB;
Jaap De Slegte, Doetinchem, NL;
Gijsbertus Klarenbeek, Ommen, NL;
Friesland Brands B.V., Meppel, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to nutritional and pharmaceutical compositions comprising non-digestible galactooligosaccharides (GOS) and uses thereof. In particular, it relates to the use of GOS species in preventing or treating disease caused by bacterial toxins. Provided is the use of GOS having a polymerization degree of 5 or higher, preferably 6 or higher, for the manufacture of a nutritional or pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of an acute or chronic disease associated with or caused by the adhesion and/or uptake of a cholera toxin family member. Also provided is a method for providing a GOS fraction capable of inhibiting cholera toxin (Ctx) binding to GM1 and fractions obtainable thereby.