Adeka Corporation

Hokkaido University

J-oil Mills, Inc.

Teikyo University

Hiroshi Hara

Toru Nezu

Yuya Yamazaki

Takatoshi Yamashita

Chigusa Nishiyama

Jun Imagi

Ryouta Maeba

Tohru Hira

Noriko Tokura

Megumi Nishimukai

A method is provided to promote secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK) by administering an active component. The active component includes acrylic acid and/or an unsaturated aldehyde having a main chain of 4 to 12 carbon atoms having a double bond in at least position 2 or 4, where the main chain has 4 to 9 carbon atoms when there is a double bond in only position 2, and the main chain has 9 to 12 carbon atoms when there is a double bond in only position 4. The cholecystokinin secretion-promoting composition can be used as an appetite suppressant. By adding this cholecystokinin secretion-promoting composition to food, appetite-suppressing food products can be provided.

Cholecystokinin secretion-promoting composition

The object of the present invention is to provide a biomarker which is highly correlated to the conventional biomarkers of metabolic syndrome or life-style related disease in a wide range of subjects to be tested, including subjects of special health check-up aged between 40 and 74, or an advantageous method for detecting metabolic syndrome or life-style related disease. The object can be solved by a method for detecting metabolic syndrome or life-style related disease by measuring the concentration of choline plasmalogen in a sample to be tested.

Detection method

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Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroshi Hara