NUTRITIONAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING WATER-MISCIBLE LIPID DERIVATIVES AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

摘要

A nutritional formulation containing an amount of diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides effective to inhibit the infectious activity of pathogenic microorganisms is provided. A method of inhibiting the infectious activity of pathogenic microorganisms including the step of feeding the nutritional composition to a subject is also provided.