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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Charles Lanzalaco, Fairfield, OH (US);
Duane Larry Charbonneau, Mason, OH (US);
Brian Wilson Howard, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/99 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/99 (2013.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/025 (2013.01); G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); G01N 2500/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for identifying test agents that exhibit prebiotic activity on human skin commensal microorganisms and compositions that include such agents. The method includes providing a test culture of a test agent, a human skin commensal microorganism and a minimal carbon medium. The method provides a time efficient and cost effective way to predict in vivo prebiotic activity of a test agent on skin commensal microorganisms.