TEMPERATURE-INDUCED DELIVERY OF NUTRIENTS BY MICRO-ORGANISMS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

• Main Authors: PAGE, NICOLAS, GYSLER, CHRISTOF, NIEDERBERGER, PETER, SCHAFFER-LEQUART, CHRISTELLE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.01.2010
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; 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; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; 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 in general to the field of health and well-being. In particular, the present invention relates to temperature sensitive micro-organisms and their use as vehicle for the preparation of a composition to deliver compounds, for example nutrients, to specific regions of a body. D'une manière générale, la présente invention concerne le domaine de la santé et du bien-être. En particulier, la présente invention concerne des micro-organismes sensibles à la température et leur utilisation en tant que support pour la préparation d'une composition pour administrer des composés, par exemple des nutriments, à des régions spécifiques d'un organisme.