1135 results about "Gastrointestinal function" patented technology

Disclosed are nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides that can be administered to individuals including preterm infants, infants, toddlers, and children for improving gastrointestinal function and tolerance, as well as the growth of beneficial bacteria. Additional suitable methods of using the nutritional compositions including the human milk oligosaccharides are also disclosed.

This invention relates to a novel polypeptide involving in the modulation of central nervous system function, circulatory function, immune function, gastrointestinal function, metabolic function, reproductive function, etc., it can be used as a drug for treating or preventing a variety of diseases, e.g. HIV infection or AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) or the like.

Portable electroviscerography systems are provided. Aspects of the systems include a body-associated receiver and an ingestible identifier unit, both of which are configured to detect visceral electrical signals. The system communicates with an extra-corporeal data processor configured to receive data from the body-associated receiver and generate and electroviscerogram from the received data. Also provided are methods of producing electroviscerograms using systems of the present invention.

The medicinal wine is prepared with 65 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, including pilose antler, aweto, buck penis, fragrant solomonseal rhizome, ginseng, etc. and through boiling, enzymolysis, concentration, transferring dissolution, recovering alcohol, adding supplementary material and other steps. It has many health functions, including eliminating waste in blood, lowering blood fat and sugar, raising immunity, eliminating tumor, regulating internal secretion, etc.

This invention relates to glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) derivatives. In particular this invention relates to GLP-2 peptide derivatives having an extended in vivo half-life, for the treatment or prevention of gastrointestinal disorders or diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal functions, from any segment of the gastrointestinal tract, from the oesophagus to the anus.

The subject invention provides therapeutic compositions, and uses thereof for the treatment or amelioration of injury to small intestine mucosa. In preferred embodiments, the composition comprises one or more nutrients and/or electrolytes that acquire or retain considerable absorptive capacity.

A system and method for evaluating gastrointestinal motility and, optionally, other physiological characteristics (e.g., pulse rate) that can be effectively employed to acquire one or more signals associated with acoustic energy (i.e. sound) emanating from an abdominal region of a body and determine at least one gastrointestinal parameter or event based on the acoustic energy signal(s) is described. The gastrointestinal parameter can include a gastrointestinal event, including gastrointestinal mixing, emptying, contraction and propulsion, and gastrointestinal transit time, or a gastrointestinal system disorder, including reflux disease, irritable bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhea, and a migrating motor complex disorder.

The invention discloses a nutritional health food with the function of improving gastrointestinal function and a preparation method thereof. The nutritional health food can be used for regulating the intestinal flora to improve the gastrointestinal function from the aspects of increasing the probiotics type and quantity, increasing the probiotics nutrient substance, inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria and enhancing the immunity of human body. According to the preparation method, probiotics powder such as lactobacillus plantarum is used as the main raw material, and edible fungi extracts and modified dietary fibers are scientifically compounded; saussurea involucrata culture extracts which are capable of remarkably enhancing the immunity of human body, resisting inflammatory and easing pain, and have the functions of oxidation resistance, radiation resistance and fatigue resistance are used, so that while the intestinal probiotics flora types is increased, the fix planting capacity of the endogenous probiotics and exogenous probiotics in the intestinal tracts of human body is remarkably enhanced, and fix planting time of the endogenous probiotics and exogenous probiotics in the intestinal tracts of human body is prolonged remarkably, the growth and reproduction of the harmful bacteria, particularly the Gram negative bacteria, in the intestinal tracts are effectively inhibited, the forming of the probiotic floras in the intestinal tracts is fully regulated and the nutritional health food which is good in probiotic property, capable of remarkably enhancing the immunity of human body and has the effect of improving the gastrointestinal function is prepared.

The invention discloses a liquorice vegetable drink for improving a gastrointestinal function and enhancing the immunity and a preparation method of the liquorice vegetable drink. Herb of liquorice is used as a main raw material; liquorice concentrated juice, an edible mushroom extract, wolfberry fruit concentrated juice, modified dietary fibers, a corn bee pollen extract, pectin hydrolyzate and the like are scientifically compounded; the raw materials are treated by adopting a modern low-temperature and biological extraction technology, so that the content of effective components of the raw materials is greatly increased; various functional components are organically mixed, so that the optimal synergistic effect is achieved; meanwhile, by adoption of methods for thermal hybrid concentration of unstable concentrated liquid, jointed removal of cold and heat, sterile filtration, and the like, the flavor of the liquorice vegetable drink is greatly enhanced, and the expiration date of a product is prolonged; the liquorice vegetable drink with the effects of improving the gastrointestinal function and enhancing the whole immunity of a human body is prepared.

The invention discloses a medicament for treating breast cancer, which comprises the following raw materials: costus root, rhizoma cyperi, radix curcumae, dried orange peel, cortex magnoliae officinalis, dangshen, fried bighead atractylodes rhizome, glossy privet fruit, angelica, milk vetch, Chinese wolfberry, radix scutellariae, coptis, tuber pinellia, morel, solanum lyratum, bupleurum, agrimony, radix rehmanniae, barbed skullcap herb, dandelion, oyster, prepared turtle shell, forsythia, euphorbia helioscopia, citron, corydalis tuber, rhizoma bolbostemmae, American ginseng, white peony root, licorice, glabrous greenbrier rhizome, chuanxiong rhizome, mint, buttercup root, tulip bulb, sarcandra glabra, prunella vulgaris, gizzard pepsin, common burreed rhizome, rhizoma zedoariae, red sage root, fried mastic and fried myrrh. The medicament disclosed by the invention has an obvious effect on treating breast cancer, can be used for treating both principal and secondary aspects of the disease, has the functions of inhibiting the growth and migration of cancer cells, improving the gastrointestinal functions of patients and improving the immunity, and does not have toxic side reactions. The effective rate reaches 92.6%, and the effect taking rate reaches 75%. The medicament disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of exact effect and low price, can be used for quickly curing the breast cancer, and can be easily accepted by patients.

The invention discloses a health food capable of improving intestinal floras and a preparation method of the health food. The intestinal floras are adjusted on a plurality of aspects of increasing the probiotics variety and quantity, adding probiotic nutrient substances, inhibiting the harmful bacterial growth and increasing the human immunity, so that the gastrointestinal functions are improved. With probiotic powder such as lactobacillus plantarum as a main raw material, an edible mushroom extract is scientifically compounded, and dietary fibers are modified, so that the human immunity can be significantly improved; a saussurea involucrate culture extract has the efficacies of resisting inflammation, relieving pain, and resisting oxidation, radiation and fatigue; the variety of the intestinal beneficial bacteria floras is increased; the field planting capacity of endogenous and exogenous probiotics in human intestinal tracts is significantly enhanced and the field planting time of endogenous and exogenous probiotics in human intestinal tracts is significantly prolonged; the growth and the reproduction of intestinal harmful bacteria, especially gram negative bacteria, are effectively inhibited; the components of the intestinal beneficial bacteria floras are fully adjusted; and the health food which is high in probiotic property, and is capable of significantly improving the human immunity and improving the intestinal floras is prepared.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicine mixed pig feed which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 4-5 percent of bean cake, 25-30 percent of corn, 25-35 percent of bran, 15-20 percent of rice chaff, 3-5 percent of egg shell and 5-7 percent of Chinese medicine mixture. The invention discloses a preparation method of the Chinese medicine mixed pig feed. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: mixing and crushing the bean cake, the corn, the bran, the rice chaff and the egg shell to form a basic material; taking the Chinese medicine mixture, fermenting, and then filtering and separating to obtain filtrate and filter residues; drying and crushing the filter residues, stirring and mixing the crushed material with the basic material to form the Chinese medicine mixed feed, wherein before feeding, the filtrate and the Chinese medicine mixed feed are mixed and stirred. After being mixed, the Chinese medicine mixed pig feed has the effects of adjusting the gastrointestinal functions of pigs, increasing the digestion and absorption capabilities of the pigs, promoting growth of the pigs, clearing scourge, vanquishing toxin and increasing the immune and resistance of the pigs and is free of antibiotics and growth hormones; and the quality and mouthfeel of pork are improved.

The invention discloses a probiotic-containing health food and a preparation method thereof, wherein intestinal florae are adjusted in many aspects of increasing the types and quantity of probiotics, increasing the nutrient substances of the probiotics, inhibiting the growth of harmful fungi, enhancing human immunity and the like, so as to improve gastrointestinal functions. Probiotic powders of lactobacillus plantarum and the like are taken as main raw materials, and edible fungi extract, modified dietary fibres, a saussurea involucrata culture extract capable of remarkably enhancing the human immunity, resisting inflammation and easing pain and having anti-oxidization, anti-radiation, anti-fatigue functions and the like are scientifically compounded, and then the planting capacity and the planting time of endogenous and exogenous probiotics in human intestinal tracts are remarkably improved and prolonged, the growth and reproduction of intestinal harmful fungi, especially, Gram-negative bacterium, are effectively inhibited, and the composition of intestinal probiotic florae is adequately regulated while the types of the intestinal probiotic florae are increased; therefore, a health food with high probiotic property, capable of remarkably enhancing human immunity and containing probiotics is prepared.

A method for inducing weight loss in a patient, the method comprising:

• • intentionally occluding a blood vessel so as to create hypoperfusion in a gastrointestinal organ serviced by the blood vessel, whereby to interfere with normal gastrointestinal function and thereby induce weight loss in a patient.

The invention relates to feed for lactating sows. The feed comprises a feed main material and a traditional Chinese medicine additive, wherein the feed main material comprises the following raw material components: dried corn, distiller grains, soybean meal, barley with peel, puffed rapeseeds, wheat bran, honey, soybean oil, liquid enzymic preparation and premix. The feed for lactating sows disclosed by the invention is reasonable in formula of main material and meets physiological characteristics of lactating sows in growth; by adding traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, the feed can improve feed intake of sow, improve nutritional status of the sow, enhance body immunity, regulate gastrointestinal function, promote involution of uterus and bring about benefit for recovery of postpartum constitution of the sow; meanwhile, the feed, which contains vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin E, etc., is favorable for synthesis of milk.

The invention discloses special red sour soup. The special red sour soup is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 70-80 parts of fresh tomatoes, 15-25 of fresh chili pepper, 0.15-0.25 part of sticky rice, 0.1-0.2 part of ginger, 0.1-0.2 part of garlic, 1.5-3 parts of table salt, and 0.15-0.25 part of white spirit. Through improvements on the raw materials and the material ratio of the red sour soup, the fermented sour soup is rich in nutrients and contains nutritional ingredients such as VA, VB1, VB2, VC, Ca, P, Fe, carotene, capsaicin, cellulose and multiple amino acids, fermentation products and other nutritive substances in the sour soup enable the constitution of intestinal flora to have beneficial change and can improve gastrointestinal functions of a human body, recover flora balance in human intestinal tracts and form an antibacterial biological barrier to maintain human health, and meanwhile, the improved special red sour soup is easy to store and convenient to transport, thereby making the large-scale commercial production of the red sour soup possible.

The invention discloses a preparation method of dragon fruit peel sauce, including (1) pulping; (2) enzymolysis; (3) fermentation; (4) concentration; (5) seasoning; (6) package. According to the preparation method of dragon fruit peel sauce, the finished product is smooth in sauce body, moderate in stickiness, delicious in taste and bright in color; the utilization rate of the dragon fruit peel reaches 97.3%, and economic benefit is improved by 18.7%; cellulase treatment of the dragon fruit peel can promote separation of nutrition component and benefit absorbing; the taste is smooth; the lactobacillus fementation can promote gastrointestinal function, the sauce body is acidic, and can inhibit the growth of infectious microbe and keep fresh color; after adding fluid seasoner, the sauce is convenient to use, easy to evenly stir and can change the sour and sweet tastes of traditional fruit sauce and keep proper salinity; Chinese chestnut and konjak are added to balance nutrition, increase fragrance, make stickiness proper, and keep stable and non-delaminated sauce body.

The present invention discloses a probiotic fermented ginseng composition and a preparation method and an application thereof. Ginsengs are crushed, soaked in wataer, performed with high pressure extraction and enzymatic hydrolysis or not, and performed with probiotic fermentation treatment after the addition of glucose and inorganic salt, and soluble dietary fibers and oligosaccharides are added into the probiotic fermented ginseng to obtain the probiotic fermented ginseng composition. The probiotic fermented ginseng composition can be used to prepare medicines, health-care products, foods or beverages for resisting the tumor and improving the gastrointestinal function. The experimental results show that the probiotic fermented ginseng composition has an obvious effect in inhibiting experimental tumor cells, and the effect is enhanced with the prolonged application time and increased application concentration. Meanwhile, the probiotic fermented ginseng composition has a significant growth-promoting effect on the major probiotics in the human intestinal tract.

The invention relates to dinner replacing powder containing zinc-rich barley grass and a preparation method of the dinner replacing powder, and belongs to the technical field of functional health food. The dinner replacing powder is prepared from raw materials in percentage by mass as follows: 20%-50% of zinc-rich barley grass micro-powder, 10%-20% of fruit enzyme powder, 2%-8% of mushroom enzyme powder, 10%-30% of fruit-vegetable powder, 10%-25% of rice meal, 3%-8% of konjac micro-powder and 3%-10% of cooked and crushed nuts. According to the preparation method, the fruit-vegetable powder, the mushroom enzyme powder, the fruit enzyme powder and the zinc-rich barley grass micro-powder are mixed uniformly and sufficiently and sealed for standby application; then the rice meal, the konjac micro-powder and the cooked and crushed nuts are mixed uniformly and sufficiently, dried, smashed and sieved, and undersize products are taken; finally, the mixture sealed for standby application and the undersize products are mixed uniformly and sufficiently, sub-packaged and sterilized, and the dinner replacing powder is prepared. The dinner replacing powder containing the zinc-rich barley grass solves the problems of rough taste, heavy herbaceous taste and rapid delamination after making of the conventional barley grass solid beverage and has the effects of dinner replacing for diet, gastrointestinal function regulation and immunity boosting, the preparation method is simple and feasible, and industrialization is realized easily.

The present invention discloses a pomegranate fermented lactic acid drink. The pomegranate fermented lactic acid drink is made from the following raw materials: pomegranates, skim milk, pomegranate peels, pomegranate flowers, pomegranate barks, pomegranate leaves, sophora japonica leaves, calyx kaki, picrasma quassioides, isomaltitol, gentiooligosaccharide, lactic acid bacteria, compound enzymes, and antioxidants of bamboo leaves. The drink is sour and sweet in mouthfeel, moderate in concentration, stable in state, and rich in nutrition, can promote metabolism, enhance immunity, dispel toxins and beautify feature, and prevent oxidation, aging, and tumors. The pomegranates are rich in organic selenium, help absorption and utilization, and promote the body function; each of the organs of the pomegranate is fully used and scientifically matched with other traditional Chinese medicines, the effects are complementary to each other, the raw materials are extensive, the price is low and cheap, and the costs are saved; a first lactic acid bacterium high-temperature fermentation is conducted, the lactic acid bacterium growth is promoted, and the pollution is avoided, at a second time, the gentiooligosaccharide is added, the activities of the lactic acid bacteria are enhanced, and a low-temperature long-time fermentation is conducted, which is conductive to the produce of flavor substances; and the fermented lactic acid drink is filled, and the filled lactic acid drink is subjected to low-temperature cold storage, which can maintain the activities of the lactic acid bacteria in the drink, so that the pomegranate fermented lactic acid drink promotes gastrointestinal functions.

The present invention provides methods of using Zven1 and Zven2 polypeptides to increase chemokine production. The present invention also provides methods for treating intestinal motility disorders and improving gastrointestinal function with Zven1 and Zven2 polypeptides.

The invention provides a medicinal composition for treating digestive system dysfunction. The medicinal composition is characterized by comprising the following components in parts by weight: 10-25 parts of ginseng, 10-25 parts of bighead atractylodes rhizome, and 12-25 parts of poria. The medicinal composition is particularly suitable for treating gastrointestinal dysfunction after radiotherapy or chemotherapy, is good in curative effect, and does not have toxic or side effect; the patients have good tolerance and can easily accept the medicinal composition; the treatment cost is low. The medicinal composition can be used for treating gastrointestinal dysfunction after radiotherapy or chemotherapy independently, and also can be used for treating malignant tumor diseases by combining radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

A permanent magnet positioning gastrointestinal tract pH value noninvasive observation system in 24h belonging to the technical field of medical appliance is provided. Wherein, the minisize pH value inspecting capsule enters into gastrointestinal tract of the human through taking orally to inspect the pH value of gastrointestinal tract noninvasively for 24h and then being emitted out from human body through wireless mode; an extracorporeal position tracing device inspects the position information of the minisize pH value inspecting capsule and then transmits to an extracorporeal data recording device through leads, which receives wirelessly the gastrointestinal tract pH value data emitted by the minisize pH value inspecting capsule and stores the position information and inspecting time information of the pH value data and the minisize pH value inspecting capsule in designed format; the extracorporeal position processing system is arranged outside the human body, which reads the data stored in the extracorporeal data recording device and then processes the data. The invention can inspect the pH value of the gastrointestinal tract for 24h and research the gastrointestinal function of the person to be test as well as diagnose and cure the gastrointestinal disorder in auxiliary.