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Takara Shuzo Co., Inc.

Takara Bio Inc.

Fu-Gong Yu

Ikunoshin Kato

Takeshi Sakai

Katsushige Ikai

Takanari Tominaga

Hiroaki Sagawa

Nobuto Koyama

Eiji Nishiyama

Tatsuji Enoki

Kazuo Shimanaka

Kaoru Kojima

Hitomi Kimura

Yoshikuni Nakanishi

Kaoru Katayama

Hideo Kitano

Shinji Nakayama

Tatsui Enoki

Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose represented by formula (1): foods, drinks, cosmetics, etc. containing as the active ingredient at least one member selected from the group consisting of the above-mentioned compound, its aldehyde, its hydrate and 2-O-methylated derivatives thereof and soluble sugar compounds containing the above compound. This compound also shows, for example, an apoptosis-inducing activity, a carcinostatic activity and inhibitory activities on the production of active oxygen, lipid peroxide radicals and NO, which makes it useful also as the active ingredient of antioxidants and preservatives.

Use of algae-derived physiologically active substances for treating a carcinomatous disease

Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose are represented by formula (I):These compositions include foods, drinks, cosmetics, etc. containing as the active ingredient at least one such compound, its aldehyde, its hydrate and 2-O-methylated derivatives thereof and soluble sugar compounds containing the above compound. These compounds show an apoptosis-inducing activity, carcinostatic activity and inhibitory activities on the production of active oxygen, lipid peroxide radicals and NO, which makes them useful also as the active ingredient of antioxidants and preservatives.

Drugs, foods or drinks with the use of algae-derived physiologically active substances

Apoptosis inducers, anticancer drugs and carcinostatic drugs containing sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof, and a method for inducing apoptosis by using sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof as the active ingredient. A degrading enzyme which is useful in the production of the degradation products of sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharides.

Apoptosis inducers

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Hirosaki, Japan

Fu-Gong Yu