Patent ID: 8765694

Claim:
A method for reducing excessive body weight from a mammal subject suffering from excessive weight or overt obesity, comprising the steps of identifying a subject suffering from excessive weight or overt obesity, and administering to the subject an effective amount of rhamnolipids, wherein said rhamnolipids are selected from the group consisting of: α-L-rhamnosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoate, α-L-rhamnosyl-(1,2)-α-L-rhamnosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoate, α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1,2)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydodecanoate; α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1,2)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-β-hydroxytetradecanoyl-β-hydroxytetradecanoate, or a combination thereof.