Kao Corporation

Hirofumi Takigawa

Susumu Ito

Hiromi Kubota

Yoshiaki Fujikura

Takatoshi Murase

Shigeyoshi Tanaka

Koichi Okisaka

Koichi Misawa

Yutaka Shoga

Yoko Sakurai

Manabu Toi

Use of an organic solvent extract of a tempeh-fungus-fermented soybean product for the production of a PPAR&#x3b1; and/or PPAR&#x3b4; activator. A method for activating PPAR&#x3b1; and/or PPAR&#x3b4;, the method comprising administering an organic solvent extract of a tempeh-fungus-fermented soybean product to a subject, or feeding the organic solvent extract to the subject.

PPAR activator

The present invention provides an ester composition which can tenderize a stringy hard meat such as beef from abroad to a proper tenderness, the processing time, etc. and a meat tenderizer comprising said ester composition and protease without giving a special control over the amount of an enzyme. The present invention also provides a meat modifier which can provide a tender, juicy and less stringy meat that can be easily served and a food meat or meat product processed with such a meat modifier. A meat modifier is also provided, comprising an ester composition of a C.sub.12-22 saturated or unsaturated fatty monoglyceride with succinic acid or diacetyltartaric acid having an acid value of from 30 to 120. The present invention provides a meat modifier comprising the ester composition and a metalloprotease, which no longer causes round to be tenderized after 24 hours of storage at a temperature of 20.degree. C. with said metalloprotease kept in contact therewith in a proportion of 300 units per 10 g in enzyme equivalence.

Meat modifier and food meat or meat product processed with same

A biological pure culture of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus and being capable of oxidizing the allyl position of .alpha.-cedrene, a process for producing sec-cedrenol comprising contacting a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus with .alpha.-cedrene, and a process for producing cedrenone comprising oxidizing sec-cedrenol produced by a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus, are disclosed. According to the process of the present invention, sec-cedrenol can be produced efficiently within a short period of time and with high purity. In addition, the process of the present invention can produce cedrenone with a high yield in a large quantity within a short period of time.

Microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus, and process for

Process for the production of sec-cedrenol and cedrenone from

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Tochigi, Japan

Hirofumi Takigawa