Patent ID: 9228219
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A23K,A23L,A61K,A61P,C12P

Claim Text:
1. A method of improving: mood, cognition, sleep onset and quality, or depression in a subject in need thereof, or alertness or vigilance in a stress-resistant healthy subject in need thereof, said method comprising: administering to said subject a composition comprising at least two different water-soluble, tryptophan-containing peptides and wherein the Trp/large neutral amino acid (LNAA) ratio of the composition is at least 0.15; and wherein the composition is made by a process comprising: a) hydrolyzing hen egg lysozyme at an alkaline pH with a subtilisin to prepare a hydrolysate having a degree of hydrolysis (DH) of between 5 and 45; and b) removing part of the arginine or lysine containing peptides.