APPLICATION OF INDIGESTIBLE SACCHARIDES FOR BETTER ADAPTATION OF NEWBORNS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61K31/7016 A61K31/702 A61K31/715 A61P1/14 A61P37/00 A23L1/308 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: there are offered: application of a water-soluble indigestible saccharide for preparing a composition wherein the composition is introduced in a pregnant woman for improving the developing intestinal microflora of an expected newborn; reinforcing the immune system and/or preventing the diseases associated with the immune system of the expected newborn; or reinforcing the immune system of the foetus (versions). What is also presented is the application of the water-soluble indigestible saccharide wherein the saccharide is a galactose-containing saccharide containing at least 50% of galactose units of the total amount of monosaccharide units found in the saccharide for preparing the composition for reinforcing the immune system of the pregnant woman; improving the vaginal flora of the pregnant woman wherein the composition is introduced in the pregnant woman.

EFFECT: increased percentage of bifidus bacteria and lactic acid bacilli in the intestinal flora of pregnant women, intestinal colonisation of the newborn by lactic acid bacilli and reinforcement of the immune system.

11 cl, 2 ex