US4547377A
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Stabilized solid compositions
Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1983-03-17
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Granted: 1985-10-15
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Expires: 2003-03-17
Abstract
Abstract A solid composition containing a monosaccharide or/and a disaccharide and an amino acid is stabilized by incorporating therein at least 40%, based on said amino acid, of a polysaccharide with a water content of not more than 3%.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroe Ogawa
- 👤 Yoshisuke Imamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:42
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K31/00; A61K31/70; A61K31/7004; A23; A23B; A23B4/00; A23B4/12; A23G; A23G3/00; A23G3/34; A23G3/346; A23K; A23K20/00; A23K20/10; A23K20/163; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/20; A23L27/21; A23L27/22; A23L33/00; A23L33/10; A23L33/17; A23L33/175; A61K47/00; A61K47/30; A61K47/36; A61K47/40; C; C13; C13B; C13B50/00; C13B50/002; A23G2200/00; A23G2200/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A powdery human food or animal feed composition stabilized against caking and browning which comprises a physical mixture of separate components of one or more sugars selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides and disaccharides and one or more amino acids, in which said amino acids and sugars are present in amounts sufficient to produce caking and browning, and, based on the content of said amino acids, at least 40% by weight of one or more polysaccharides, said polysaccharides having a water content of not more than 3%, said polysaccharides in said composition being in amounts sufficient to prevent both caking and browning.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A powdery human food or animal feed composition stabilized against caking and browning which comprises a physical mixture of separate components of one or more sugars selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides and disaccharides and one or more amino acids, in which said amino acids and sugars are present in amounts sufficient to produce caking and browning, and, based on the content of said amino acids, at least 40% by weight of one or more polysaccharides, said polysaccharides having a water content of not more than 3%, said polysaccharides in said composition being in amounts sufficient to prevent both caking and browning.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the polysaccharide is composed of at least 4 monosaccharide units.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A composition of claim 2, wherein the monosaccharide unit is a glucose unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the polysaccharide is starch, pullulane, dextrin or cyclodextrin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the polysaccharide has a water content of not more than 1%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the polysaccharide is about 60% to 700% relative to the amino acid member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the polysaccharide is about 90% to 500% relative to the amino acid member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the monosaccharide is tetrose, pentose or hexose.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the sugar is glucose, fructose, xylose, galactose, sucrose, lactose or maltose.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composition of claim 1, wherein the amino acid is glycine, alanine, methionine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid or a sodium salt of them.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
10 words
A composition of claim 1, which one or more electrolytes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
A composition of claim 11, the electrolyte is acetate, carbonate or hydrogen carbonate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition of claim 1, which contains glucose as the sugar, glycine as the amino acid, dextrin as the polysaccharide and one or more electrolytes.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composition of claim 11, wherein the electrolytes are sodium chloride, monopotassium phosphate, sodium citrate, magnesium sulfate and sodium hydrogen carbonate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition of any one of claims 1, which is in a gas tight packaged unit usage form.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of stabilizing a powdery human food or animal feed composition against caking and browning comprising one or more sugars selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides and disaccharides and one or more amino acids, in which said amino acids and sugars are present in amounts sufficient to produce caking and browning, which comprises incorporating in said powdery composition to form a physical mixture of separate components at least 40% by weight, based on the amino acid content, of one or more polysaccharides, said polysaccharides having a water content of not more than 3%, said polysaccharides in said composition being in amounts sufficient to prevent both caking and browning.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of stabilizing a powdery human food or animal feed composition against caking and browning comprising one or more sugars selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides and disaccharides and one or more amino acids, in which said amino acids and sugars are present in amounts sufficient to produce caking and browning, which comprises incorporating in said powdery composition to form a physical mixture of separate components at least 40% by weight, based on the amino acid content, of one or more polysaccharides, said polysaccharides having a water content of not more than 3%, said polysaccharides in said composition being in amounts sufficient to prevent both caking and browning.
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