Patent ID: 9107439
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A21D,A23D,A23K,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for promoting in a subject intestinal development, intestinal maturation, intestinal adaptation and intestinal differentiation, said method comprising: administering to the subject for at least two weeks an amount of a lipid composition effective to increase the subject's bowel and mucosal weight, which composition comprises at least one synthetic triglyceride of the following formula I: wherein R wherein said acyl group is selected from a group consisting of saturated, mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acid residues with the proviso that R wherein the total palmitic acid residue content is from about 15% to about 55% of the total fatty acid residues in the lipid composition; and wherein at least 13% of the total fatty acids at the sn-2 position of the triglyceride backbone are palmitic acid residues; so as to thereby promote intestinal development, intestinal maturation, intestinal adaptation and intestinal differentiation.