Kikkoman Corporation

Hiroharu Ishikawa

Shigehiro Kataoka

Mamoru Kikuchi

Toshiaki Ariga

Jun Yamakoshi

Yukihiko Iwai

Tsutomu Sasaki

Kenji Mori

Makoto Saito

Katsumi Yuasa

Tatuo Manaka

Fumio Yamaguchi

Takanao Matsudo

The present invention relates to healthy foods and cosmetics. More particularly, it relates to healthy foods and cosmetics containing a polyisoprenylated benzophenone derivatives as effective ingredients and having a variety of functions for maintaining health such as anti-ulcer activity, the Maillard reaction inhibiting activity, anti-oxidation activity, reactive oxygen species scavenging activity, and anti-tumor promotion activity.

Healthy foods and cosmetics

An agent for the prevention or treatment of cataracts comprising a proanthocyanidin oligomer is provided. The oral administration or application to the eyes of the agent of the invention produces a sufficient preventive or therapeutic effect against cataracts caused by oxidative disorders.

Agent for the prevention or treatment of cataracts

In order to prevent or treat cataract, present invention features 3(2H)-furanone derivatives having 3(2H)-furanone skeleton as a main structure and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical preparations containing the derivatives and/or the salts thereof, treatment methods of cataract, and their use. The 3(2H)-furanone derivatives have excellent effects for the prevention and/or treatment of cataract, for instance, senile cataract caused by oxidation disorder. Particularly, the pharmaceutical preparations have good effect for the prevention and/or treatment of cataract when they are administrated as ophtalmics.

Pharmaceutical preparation for prevention and/or treatment for cataract

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Chiba, Japan

Hiroharu Ishikawa