DERMATOLOGICAL USE OF MILK PROTEIN

• Main Authors: WALTER ANGELA LORIANN, DE WAARD RICK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.05.2010
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAKING THEREOF; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral composition for treating acne. SOLUTION: There is provided a method of treating acne including orally administrating to patients suffering from acne an effective amount of a whey protein fraction containing lactoferrin, preferably further containing specific whey protein. The lactoferrin is preferably native bovine lactoferrin. The whey protein fraction is administered at a level of 10 mg-2 g lactoferrin per patient per day. There is also provided an oral medicinable composition for treating acne, which is an administration unit selected from tablets, pills, syrups, capsules, solutions, gels and lozenges containing one or more recipients selected from the group consisting of starches, starch derivatives, starch fractions, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose derivatives, pectin and lactose in the lactoferrin. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT