Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

Hirohiko Nakamura

Kazutaka Oshio

Yasuyuki Sakata

Mamoru Tomita

Toshio Ohashi

Hirotoshi Hayasawa

Mitsunori Takase

Koji Sayama

An extract of, preferably a water and/or organic solvent extract of a fruit of leaf of, a supercritical extract of a fruit of leaf of, or a subcritical extract of a fruit of leaf of, which comprise 0.3 mass % or more of a polymethoxyflavonoid more than in terms of solid matter, for example, an extract ofcomprising 0.2 mass % or more of nobiletin and/or 0.1 mass % or more of tangeretin in terms of solid matter, or a polymethoxyflavonoid such as nobiletin or tangeretin is used as an active ingredient of an IGF-1 production-promoting agent.

IGF-1 production-promoting agent

An extract of, preferably an organic solvent extract of a fruit and/or leaf of, a supercritical extract of a fruit and/or leaf of, or a subcritical extract of a fruit and/or leaf of, containing 0.3 mass % or more of a polymethoxyflavonoid in terms of solid matter, for example, 0.2 mass % or more of nobiletin and/or 0.1 mass % or more of tangeretin in terms of solid matter, or a polymethoxyflavonoid, such as nobiletin and tangeretin, is used as an active ingredient of a muscle atrophy inhibitor.

Muscle atrophy inhibitor

A growth promoting composition which significantly grows and does not produce any side effect such as diarrhea, and a blend comprising the above composition and other edible ingredients, and the composition comprises at least one oligosaccharide selected among lactulose, fructo-oligosaccharide, and galacto-oligosaccharide, and raffinose as the active ingredients.

Lactobacillus bifidus growth promoting composition and use thereof

Growing community of inventors

Kanagawa, Japan

Hirohiko Nakamura