Granted Patent
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US 12,419,925 · App. 17/588,910 · Granted Sep 23, 2025
Feed supplement
A61K36/15A23K20/10A23K20/105A23K20/158A23K50/10A23L33/10A61K9/0056A61K31/19A61K31/192A61K36/00A61P1/04A23V2002/00Y02P60/22
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a feed supplement or a food supplement which comprises a resin acid based composition comprising over 10% (w/w) resin acids for use in in the preven-tion of intestinal disorders. The in-vention further relates to a use of the feed supplement or the food supplement and a feed composition or a food composition comprising the feed supplement or the food supplement, respectively.
Claims (13)
1. A method for preventing intestinal disorders, wherein the intestinal disorder is clinical or sub-clinical gastroenteritis caused by bacteria, by preventing the collagen breaking activity of matrix metalloproteinases and/or collagen breakdown in the intestinal tissues of an animal or a human in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the animal or to the human a feed supplement or a food supplement, respectively, comprising an effective amount of a resin acid based composition comprising over 12% (w/w) resin acids.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises at least one of following: abietic acid; dehydoabietic acid; palustric acid; neoabietic acid; pimaric acid; isopimaric acid; or derivative thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein resin acid based composition comprises at least three of following: abietic acid; dehydoabietic acid; palustric acid; neoabietic acid; pimaric acid; isopimaric acid; or derivative thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein resin acid based composition comprises Tall Oil Rosin (TOR), Wood Rosin, GUM Rosin, Distilled Tall Oil (DTO), or mixture thereof.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein resin acid based composition consists of Tall Oil Rosin (TOR), Wood Rosin, GUM Rosin, Distilled Tall Oil (DTO), or mixture thereof.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises Tall Oil Rosin (TOR).
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises over 60% (w/w) resin acids.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises Wood Rosin or GUM Rosin.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises over 10 and up to 99% (w/w) resin acids.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises Distilled Tall Oil (DTO).
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the resin acid based composition comprises over 10 and up 60% (w/w) resin acids.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acids are unmodified.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin acid based composition is absorbed into a carrier or mixed with a carrier.
Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: HANKKIJA OY
To: AB VISTA FINLAND OY
Reel/Frame 070944/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: VUORENMAA, JUHANI
To: HANKKIJA OY
Reel/Frame 058835/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: RINTOLA, MIKKO; ORTE, JUHA
To: FORCHEM OY
Reel/Frame 058835/0065 →
Priority Claims (1)
FI 20136113
· Nov 13, 2013
· national
Continuity (3)
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