ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,220, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Imvela Corp. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Compositions containing indole-derived metabolites and methods of use thereof" was invented by Raphael Turcotte (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ravi Sheth (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jonna Heldrich (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Corentin Moevus (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions comprising fermentates of bacterial strains capable of producing indole-containing compounds such as ILA and IAld. Some aspects relate to nutritional supplements, and food products containing such fermentates, and methods of use thereof."

The patent was file...