Publication number: 20140134206
Abstract: Therapeutic use of extracts containing proanthocyanidin including treating disorders, e.g., inflammatory disorders, e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis, microscopic colitis, collagenous colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome. Methods of increasing a subject's immunological resistance to an infection and/or treating the infection. The infection can be, e.g., a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection. The methods can include, e.g., selecting a subject that has, or is at risk of developing, an infection, e.g., a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, or a combination thereof; providing a composition comprising at least about 10% proanthocyanidin by weight; and administering to the subj ect an amount of the composition to the subject, to thereby increase a subject's immunological resistance to an infection and/or to treat the infection.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2012
Publication date:
May 15, 2014
Applicants:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
Inventors:
Christina Khoo, Deann Liska, Susan S. Percival