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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Applicant:
Willem Ferdinand Nieuwenhuizen, Bunnik, NL;
Inventor:
Willem Ferdinand Nieuwenhuizen, Bunnik, NL;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for improving the composition of the intestinal flora, to a food comprising a sphingolipid for use in such a method, to methods for the preparation of such a food and to the use of sphingolipids for the preparation of a medicine for improving the composition of the intestinal flora. More in particular, the present invention relates to a method and food in which a sphingolipid chosen from the group consisting of phytosphingosine, sphingosine, lysosphingomyelin and sphinganine, or a precursor, a derivative, or suitable salt thereof is used.