A TRIACYLGLYCERIDE TO DELIVER HEALTH PROMOTING FATTY ACIDS TO THE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND SKIN

摘要

Improved triglyceride compositions, bearing both omega-3-usaturated fatty acids and short chain fatty acids, are prepared according to the formulae: wherein, each R, independently, is a fatty acid residue, either saturated or unsaturated, having between 2 and 40 carbons; each R′, independently, is a long chain omega-3-unsaturated fatty acid residue having between 16 and 40 carbons, preferably 18 to 22 carbons; and each R″, independently, is a short chain acid residue having 2 to 5 carbons, preferably 2 to 4 carbons, most preferably 2 to 3 carbons. Also described is a regimen for treating a medical problem associated with less than healthy stomach tissue that is responsive to treatment with a triglyceride mixture as defined above, in amounts and at intervals effective to therapeutically improve the health of the stomach tissue. In another aspect the compositions are used in a regime for treating skin to increase skin cell turnover, to provide nourishment to epithelial cells and reduce inflammation. The regime comprises topically administering to a mammal a triglyceride mixture as defined above, in amounts and at intervals effective for these purposes.