Buford L. Nichols - Houston TX Kathryn S. McKee - Houston TX
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX
International Classification:
A61K 3714 A61K 3702 A23L 1305
US Classification:
514 6
Abstract:
Disclosed is milk lactoferrin as a dietary ingredient which promotes growth of the gastrointestinal tract of human infants and newborn nonhuman animals immediately on birth when added to an infant formula or given separately as a dietary supplement thus reducing chronic diarrhea, assisting in the management of short gut syndrome, and avoiding, at least to some extent, chronic intractable diarrhea of the infant.