US2006127362A1PendingUtilityA1

Cholesterol-Lowering preparation, food supplement and foodstuff, and methods for preparing same

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Dec 12, 2002Filed: Dec 12, 2003Published: Jun 15, 2006
Est. expiryDec 12, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Josephus Jan EmeisChristophe Lasseur
A61P 9/10A61P 3/06A61K 35/74A23L 33/135A23V 2200/30A23V 2002/00
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Abstract

The present invention relates to cholesterol-lowering preparations, in particular to a bacterial preparation for use as a medicament for lowering of the blood cholesterol level. The present invention provides inter alia a preparation of Rhodospirillum spp. and/or Phaeospirillum with cholesterol-lowering effects, food supplements and foodstuffs comprising said preparation and methods for the preparation and use thereof.

Claims

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1 . A preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. for use as a medicament.  
   
   
       2 . A preparation according to  claim 1 , comprising live  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. or the membrane fraction of said bacteria.  
   
   
       3 . A pharmaceutical preparation comprising a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. and one or more excipients.  
   
   
       4 . A plasma cholesterol-lowering agent comprising a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp.  
   
   
       5 . Use of a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. for the production of a medicament for lowering plasma cholesterol.  
   
   
       6 . A food supplement with cholesterol-lowering properties, comprising a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp.  
   
   
       7 . A food supplement according to  claim 6  wherein said preparation comprises the membrane fraction or live or freeze-dried bacteria.  
   
   
       8 . A probiotic with cholesterol-lowering properties containing a preparation of live  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp.  
   
   
       9 . Foodstuff comprising a food supplement according to  claim 6 .  
   
   
       10 . A method for the production of a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp., comprising culturing one or more cells of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. to a multi-cellular culture, harvesting said culture, and processing the cells of said culture into a preparation.  
   
   
       11 . A method according to  claim 10 , involving processing the cells of said culture into a preparation of live  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp.  
   
   
       12 . A method for the production of a food supplement according to  claim 6 , comprising making suitable for consumption a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. for use as a medicament with or without live  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. or the membrane fraction of said bacteria.  
   
   
       13 . A method for the production of a foodstuff, comprising incorporating a food supplement according to  claim 6  into a foodstuff.  
   
   
       14 . Foodstuff comprising a food supplement according to  claim 7 .  
   
   
       15 . A method for the production of a food supplement according to  claim 7 , comprising making suitable for consumption a preparation of  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. for use as a medicament with or without live  Rhodospirillum  spp. and/or  Phaeospirillum  spp. or the membrane fraction of said bacteria.  
   
   
       16 . A method for the production of a foodstuff, comprising incorporating a food supplement according to  claim 7  into a foodstuff.

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