Patent ID: 6037330
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G01N,H04B,H04L,H04W,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A composition for site specific detection of mucosal lesions of the stomach, small intestine or colon comprising:(a) a first disaccharide that does not degrade in the colon, small intestine or stomach, said first disaccharide present in an amount of about 1 to about 3 percent by dry weight of the composition;(b) a second disaccharide that degrades in the colon but does not degrade in the small intestine or stomach, said second disaccharide present in an amount of about 4 to about 10 percent by dry weight of the composition; and(c) a third disaccharide that degrades to its monosaccharides in the small intestine and not in the stomach, said third disaccharide present in an amount of about 87 to about 97 percent by dry weight of the composition.