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%.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2011
Assignees:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Limagrain Cereales Ingredients SA
Inventors:
Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 20, 2010
Assignees:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Limagrain Cereales Ingredients SA
Inventors:
Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell