Slowly digestible, sustained-type energy supplying agent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10702545-B2
Application number	US-201515512704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 22, 2014
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a carbohydrate-derived energy supplying agent having slow digestibility and sustained digestibility functions. According to the present invention, there is provided a slowly digestible, sustained-type energy supplying agent comprising a saccharide composition which satisfies the following (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) a percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 60% or more; (B) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 1 and 2 relative to all saccharides is 9 mass % or less; (C) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 30 relative to all saccharides is 41 mass % or more; and (D) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 31 or more relative to all saccharides is 50 mass % or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for energy supply to a mammal, which comprises feeding or administering to the mammal a saccharide composition, wherein said saccharide composition is a dextran degradation product or a fractionated product thereof, or a dextran-producing enzyme reaction product or a fractionated product thereof, which satisfies the following (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E):
(A) a percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds being 60% or more;
(B) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 1 and 2 relative to all saccharides being 9 mass % or less;
(C) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 30 relative to all saccharides being 41 mass % or more;
(D) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 31 or more relative to all saccharides being 40 mass % or less; and
(E) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 10 to 30 relative to all saccharides being 20 mass % or more, and
wherein the saccharide composition is (i) slowly digestible and (ii) has a slow change in blood glucose levels upon intake.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the saccharide composition comprises 3 mass % or more of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 9 relative to all saccharides.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the saccharide composition comprises 30 mass % or more of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 10 to 30 relative to all saccharides.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the above (A), (A-1) the percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 90% or more.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the above (A), (A-2) the percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 60 to 99%, and a percentage of α-1,4 bonds relative to glycosidic bonds other than the α-1,6 bonds is 80% or more.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mammal is a human.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the human is a diabetic patient.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the saccharide composition is part of a food or beverage product.

9. A method for treating a disease or a symptom for which slowing a change in blood glucose level is therapeutically effective, comprising feeding or administering to a mammal a saccharide composition, wherein said saccharide composition is a dextran degradation product or a fractionated product thereof, or a dextran-producing enzyme reaction product or a fractionated product thereof, which satisfies the following (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E):
(A) a percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds being 60% or more;
(B) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 1 and 2 relative to all saccharides being 9 mass % or less;
(C) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 30 relative to all saccharides being 41 mass % or more;
(D) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 31 or more relative to all saccharides being 50 mass % or less; and
(E) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 10 to 30 relative to all saccharides being 20 mass % or more, and
wherein the saccharide composition is (i) slowly digestible and (ii) has a slow change in blood glucose levels upon intake.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the saccharide composition comprises 3 mass % or more of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 9 relative to all saccharides.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the saccharide composition comprises 30 mass % or more of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 10 to 30 relative to all saccharides.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, in the above (A), (A-1) the percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 90% or more.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, in the above (A), (A-2) the percentage of α-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 60 to 99%, and a percentage of α-1,4 bonds relative to glycosidic bonds other than the α-1,6 bonds is 80% or more.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the saccharide composition is part of a food or beverage product.

Assignees

• Japan Maize Prod
• Morinaga Milk Industry Co Ltd
• Nihon Shokuhin Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aizawa Kenta
• Sekikya Kazuki
• Iizuka Takahisa
• Takagi Hiroki
• Takada Masayasu
• Ogawa Koichi
• Sonoki Hirofumi
• Ito Akayo
• KOKUBO Eri

Classifications

• A61K31/7016

  Disaccharides, e.g. lactose, lactulose (lactobionic acid A61K31/7032) · CPC title

• A61P3/10

  for hyperglycaemia, e.g. antidiabetics · CPC title

• A61K31/702

  Oligosaccharides, i.e. having three to five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages · CPC title

• A61K31/721 Primary

  Dextrans · CPC title

• C08L5/02

  Dextran; Derivatives thereof · CPC title