CPC A61K 31/702 (2013.01) [A61K 31/7016 (2013.01); A61P 1/00 (2018.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A method for reducing mast cell mediated visceral hypersensitivity and/or pain in a non-infant human, the method comprising:
selecting an effective amount of one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from the group consisting of 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof, the amount effective for increasing a relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human; and
increasing the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human and reducing the mast cell mediated visceral hypersensitivity and/or pain by administering to the non-infant human a daily dose of from about 3 g to about 10 g of the one or more HMOs.
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