4-OXO-2-PENTENOIC ACID AND BRAIN HEALTH

• Main Authors: RUCHTI, EVELYNE, GUY, PHILIPPE ALEXANDRE, REZZI, SERGE ANDRÉ DOMINIQUE, FOATA, FRANCIS, ALLAMAN, IGOR, MAGISTRETTI, PIERRE, BOURQUI, BERTRAND, DURGA, JANE, PAGE, NICOLAS, ARCE VERA, FRANCIA JACQUELINE, DUBOUX, STÉPHANE, LENGACHER, SYLVAIN, BUETLER, TIMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.04.2016
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates generally to compositions with a health benefit. In particular, the invention relates to the field of brain health, for example brain protection, maintenance of cognitive function, prevention of cognitive decline and prevention of cognitive disorders. A subject matter of the invention is a composition comprising 4-oxo-2-pentenoic acid for use in the treatment or prevention of cognitive decline.