IP Library Granted Patent US 7,294,337
Granted Patent B2
US 7,294,337 · App. 10/509,255 · Granted Nov 13, 2007

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Assignee: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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Patent No.
US 7,294,337
App. No.
10/509,255
Granted
Nov 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to the use of lactic bacteria of the species Lactobacillus farciminis for the treatment or prevention of a pathology of the digestive tube, especially an acute or chronic inflammatory pathology of the intestine.

Claims (3)

1. A method of treating colitis comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus farciminis.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said colitis results from a pathology selected from the groups consisting of Crohn's disease, hemorrhagic rectocolitis, and irritable bowel syndrome.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition is in the form of a foodstuff or a dietary supplement.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2021
From: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)
To: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Reel/Frame 056592/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2005
From: FIORAMONTI, JEAN; BUENO, LIONEL; THEODOROU, VASSILIA; LAMINE, FLORENCE
To: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RESCHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)
Reel/Frame 016268/0702 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 02 03891 · Mar 28, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050244389A1 · Nov 3, 2005