Disclosed herein are embodiments of a combination and/or composition comprising a Bacillus composition comprising three or four direct fed microbial (DFMs) selected from Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, and an essential oil composition, and optionally may further comprise yucca and/or quillaja, such as Yucca schidigera and/or Quillaja saponaria. The essential oil composition may comprise oregano essential oil. Also disclosed are embodiments of a feed composition comprising the disclosed combination and/or composition and a feed. Also methods for administering the combination and/or composition to a non-ruminant animal, particularly an avian, are disclosed. The combination and/or composition may provide a beneficial effect to the animal upon administration, such as, but not limited to, weight gain, feed conversion, and/or reducing bacterial load.

The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing or treating wound. The composition according to the present disclosure contains, as an active ingredient, an indirubin derivative alone or one or more selected from a group consisting of an indirubin derivative, an Euodia sutchuenensis Dode extract, methyl vanillate, hesperidin and quercitrin, and thus can be used as a pharmaceutical composition capable of promoting wound healing and reducing scarring not only in a normal state but also in a diabetic state. Furthermore, since the composition exhibits excellent effects in healing diabetic wound as well as general wound, it can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition, cosmetic composition or food composition for alleviating, preventing or treating general wound or diabetic wound, or as a veterinary composition for treating diabetic wound.

The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory disease, comprising a benzofuran-based N-acylhydrazone compound, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The benzofuran-based N-acylhydrazone compound according to the present disclosure inhibits the activity of NF-κB, which is a major signal transmitter in the inflammatory response, thereby disrupting the initial pathway and process of the biological inflammatory response system and inhibiting inflammatory immune cells and inflammatory cytokines, and thus can prevent and treat various pathological diseases caused by the inflammatory response.

The present invention is based on a plurality of benefits from the extracts of mycelia of individual fungal species, and mixtures of species, to provide an armamentarium of defenses from multiple stressors in order to help bees survive a complex of symptoms collectively called colony collapse disorder (CCD). More particularly, the present invention utilizes specific concentrations of extracts from pure cultured mycelium from mushroom forming fungi to reduce harmful viruses in bees and to increase the longevity of bees.

The present invention is based on a plurality of benefits from the extracts of mycelia of individual fungal species, and mixtures of species, to provide an armamentarium of defenses from multiple stressors in order to help bees survive a complex of symptoms collectively called colony collapse disorder (CCD). More particularly, the present invention utilizes specific concentrations of extracts from pure cultured mycelium from mushroom forming fungi to reduce harmful viruses in bees and to increase the longevity of bees.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising thymol and at least one amino acid for use in the preventive and/or curative treatment of inflammatory or functional diseases or symptoms of the intestinal tract by modulating the receptors and/or enzymes of the endocannabinoid system in mammalian or non-mammalian monogastric subjects, such as human subjects, pigs, poultry animals, fish or crustaceans.

Described herein are compositions and methods to be used in controlling pests, such as arthropods, nematodes, helminths, insect pests, internal parasites, and external parasites. Such compositions make use of at least a blend of one or more essential oils and, optionally, additional components, such as surfactants, emulsifiers, solvents, additives, and inerts. Compositions can be applied to a variety of locations to control pests or can also be added into feed or foodstuffs to afford internal pest control.

Provided are a methane-production inhibitor capable of inhibiting methane production for a long period of time, and a method for inhibiting methane production using the composition. A methane-production inhibitor composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by formula [I] as an effective ingredient, and a method for inhibiting methane production uses the composition. ##STR00001## (In formula [I], X represents an —OR.sub.1 group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom, Y represents an —OR.sub.2 group or an —SO.sub.2R.sub.3 group, R.sub.1 represents a benzoyl group, R.sub.2 represents a methylsulfonyl group or a chloromethylsulfonyl group, and R.sub.3 represents a chloromethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group.)

Provided are a methane-production inhibitor capable of inhibiting methane production for a long period of time, and a method for inhibiting methane production using the composition. A methane-production inhibitor composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by formula [I] as an effective ingredient, and a method for inhibiting methane production uses the composition. ##STR00001## (In formula [I], X represents an —OR.sub.1 group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom, Y represents an —OR.sub.2 group or an —SO.sub.2R.sub.3 group, R.sub.1 represents a benzoyl group, R.sub.2 represents a methylsulfonyl group or a chloromethylsulfonyl group, and R.sub.3 represents a chloromethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group.)

Provided herein is a process for increasing the dissolution rate of a sparingly water soluble flavor or taste modifying compound in water comprising: a. mixing the compound and a highly water soluble second compound in a water based solution to form a solution or dispersion of the compound; and b. drying the solution or dispersion to form a solution or solid dispersion of the compound wherein the compound has an increased dissolution rate in water as compared to the compound when dissolved in water alone.