Composition comprising cricket or extract thereof for improving bowel movement function
The present invention relates to a composition comprising Cricket or an extract thereof for improving a bowel movement function or weight loss.
1 . A method of improving a bowel movement function in a subject in need thereof, comprising:
administering an effective amount of a composition comprising cricket extract to the subject in need thereof,
wherein the cricket extract is an enzyme extract, and
wherein the administering results in improved bowel movement function in the subject in need thereof.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the enzyme extract is prepared by decomposing a protein by protease.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the improvement of the bowel movement function is an increase in fecal weight, an increase in water content in feces, an increase in gastrointestinal transport capacity, or an increase in length and area of intestinal mucosa.
4 . A method of improving constipation in a subject in need thereof, comprising:
administering an effective amount of a cricket extract to the subject in need thereof,
wherein the cricket extract is an enzyme extract, and
wherein the administering results in improved constipation in the subject in need thereof.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the constipation is transient constipation, atonic constipation, spastic constipation, bowel movement impaired constipation, or organic constipation.