Abstract: A nutritional formulation containing bactericidal amounts of diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides is provided. A process of inhibiting bacterial infections including the step of feeding the nutritional composition to a subject is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 28, 1999
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories
Inventors:
Steven N. Anderson, Milo Duane Hilty, Terry Bruce Mazer, Joseph Schaller, Melinda Guzman-Harty, Theresa Sui-Ling Wai Lee, Lisa Ann Reaves, Jin-Zhou Liu
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of producing plant proteins for use in nutritional products that have reduced levels of phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides. More specifically, this invention is directed to a method of using ion exchange technology to remove phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides from plant proteins. This invention is also directed to the plant protein product resulting from the inventive process and to nutritional products that use the plant protein product as a source of amino nitrogen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 8, 1998
Inventors:
John D. Suh, Karin M. Ostrom, Louis I. Ndife, Paul S. Anloague, James N. Chmura, Andre Daab-Krzykowski, Paul W. Johns, Diane M. Garcia, Terrence B. Mazer, Fu-I Mei
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