Oral composition

• US 5,605,698 A
• Filed: 12/05/1994
• Issued: 02/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd. (Mitsui DM Sugar Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd. (Mitsui DM Sugar Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ueno, Gaku
• Primary Examiner(s): Page, Thurman K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOWARD, SHARON LEE
• Application Number:
  US08/349,724
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 424/401, 424/439, 424/440, 424/441, 514/909, 514/911
• US Class Current: 424/440
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/068 containing plants or parts thereof, e.g. fruits, seeds, extracts containing gums A23G4/10
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/08 of the chewing gum base
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/11 obtained by solvent extraction
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/20 Synthetic spices, flavouring agents or condiments
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/30 Artificial sweetening agents

Abstract

The present invention provides auxiliary food having the effects of decreasing food intake as an external factor by suppressing the sensibility to sweetness in eating food, and the effect of decreasing a desire for eating as an internal factor by increasing the number of times of chewing.

The auxiliary food is used as chewing gum for helping diet and abstinence from drinking and preventing obesity, containing 0.3 to 130 mg of gymnemic acid as an effective ingredient.

Claims

1. A method for decreasing the sensitivity of the tongue to sweetness comprising orally administering a composition in the form of a chewable gum, chewable tablet, oral refrigerant, or oral troche, said composition containing gymnemic acid in an amount effective to decrease the sensitivity of the tongue to sweetness.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the amount of gymnemic acid is from 0.3 to 130 mg/unit dosed.