Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Kao Corporation

Fuji Photo Film, Inc.

Chulalongkorn University

Bogor Agricultural University

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Tsutomu Okita

Yuichiro Murayama

Katsuhiko Meguro

Masaki Satake

Masashi Aonuma

Akira Ushimaru

Hideomi Watanabe

Masatoshi Takahashi

Yasuo Nishikawa

Hiroaki Araki

Noburo Hibino

Yoshito Mukaida

Kiyomi Ejiri

Mikihiko Kato

Mikio Tomaru

Masahiko Mori

Takeshi Harasawa

Yoshiya Sugai

Shotaro Ito

Yoshie Shimotoyodome

Yuuichirou Murayama

Nobuo Tsuji

Hitoshi Noguchi

Toshio Ishida

Jun Nakagawa

Yasushi Endo

Kyoichi Naruo

Kenichi Masuyama

Kazuko Hanai

Yasuo Nagashima

Kazuo Kato

Junko Ishikawa

Koh Kamada

Takao Ohya

Teruo Nakagawa

Mitsuyuki Hotta

Akiyoshi Hashimoto

Hiroaki Takano

Shinji Saito

Shinji Yamamoto

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Yasuyuki Tanaka

Yasuyuki Yamada

Akihiro Matsufuji

Keiichi Suzuki

Nobutaka Yamaguchi

Satoru Hayakawa

Kazuaki Yoshida

Toshio Kawamata

Yoshikazu Ogura

Hiroyuki Kato

Fusao Yamanaka

Masaki Suzuki

Satoshi Matsubaguchi

Yasushi Shioya

Mikio Ohno

Hiroshi Kusuoku

Kazutoshi Katayama

Tatsuo Ishikawa

Kiyotaka Fukino

Nobuyoshi Asada

Shinya Amano

Mitsuyoshi Sakasai

Kazuo Hasumi

Kentaro Kumihashi

Kiyoshi Kataoka

Tomohiro Shirai

Toshichika Aoki

Yukari Kobayashi

Rudi Heryanto

Kingo Kobayashi

Thitikornpong Woratuch

Tohru Mitsunaga

Yoriko Nakagiri

Ongpipattanakul Boonsri

Takahisa Ogasawara, Deceased

Maeko Iwamura

Suttisri Rutt

Latifah Kasim Darusman

Irmanida Batubara

Petchprayoon Chutima

Edy Djauhari

Tsuneo Yoshida

Provision of a material, which has activity of inhibiting endothelin-converting enzyme and is effective for skin whitening or antihypertension. An endothelin-converting enzyme inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from the group consisting ofand extracts thereof.

Endothelin-converting enzyme inhibitor

Provision of a material, which has tyrosinase-inhibiting activity and is effective for skin whitening. A tyrosinase inhibitor comprisingor an extract therefrom as an active ingredient is provided. Also, a compound represented by any one of the following formulae (I) to (III) and a tyrosinase inhibitor comprising the compound as an active ingredient are provided. 

Whitening agent

The present invention provides a processed plant product having an excellent TRPM8 activating action, a method for producing the same, and a cooling agent and a TRPM8 activator comprising the processed plant product. A method for producing a processed nutmeg product, comprising a step of simultaneously treating nutmeg or an extract thereof with an alcohol or a 25% (v/v) or more alcohol aqueous solution and one or more selected from a protonic acid and an H-type cation exchange resin.

Processed nutmeg product and method for producing same

A ceramide production enhancer and a moisturizer containing, as an active ingredient, an extract of at least one plant selected from the group consisting of, and, or a compound represented by the following Formula (1): 

Ceramide production enhancer and moisturizer

Provided is a concentrated coffee composition containing chlorogenic acids at a high concentration and having good taste or flavor. The concentrated coffee composition of the present invention contains the following components (A) and (B):

Concentrated coffee composition and method of producing same

Provided are a drug, a cosmetic, etc. for promoting production of ceramide. Provided is a ceramide production promoter including a compound represented by the formula (1) or salts thereof as an active ingredient (in the formula, Rrepresents a phosphono group or a hydrogen atom, Rrepresents an alkyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms or an acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, and Rrepresents an alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms when Rrepresents a phosphono group or represents a phosphono group when Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. 

Ceramide production promoter

A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer containing a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The radiation-cured layer and the magnetic layer are provided in that order above the non-magnetic support. The radiation curing compound has a C2 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C10 cyclic structure, and two or more radiation curing functional groups per molecule.

Magnetic recording medium

Provided is an inkjet-recording ink composition comprising one or more white pigment(s), one or more polymer dispersant(s), one or more photocurable compound(s), and one or more photoinitiator(s) as its principal components, wherein the polymer dispersant(s) has a sulfonic acid group.

Inkjet ink composition

A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support and at least one magnetic layer above the support, the magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and the binder comprising a polyurethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 to 400,000. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that comprises a non-magnetic support, a non-magnetic layer above the support, the non-magnetic layer comprising a non-magnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and at least one magnetic layer above the non-magnetic layer, the magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder and the binder of the magnetic layer and/or the non-magnetic layer comprising a polyurethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 to 400,000.

A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support and, in order thereabove, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer comprising a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, the radiation curing compound having a radiation curing functional group in the molecule and being derived from a diisocyanate that has a branched structure but does not have a cyclic structure.

A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a support and at least one magnetic layer provided on or above the support, the magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder and at least one type of compound selected from Formulae (I) to (III) below; (in Formulae (I) to (III), each R independently denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons).

A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer containing a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The radiation-cured layer and the magnetic layer are provided in that order above the non-magnetic support. The radiation curing compound includes a radiation curing polyester compound having four or more radiation curing functional groups per molecule.

Magnetic recording media with non-magnetic support and radiation cured layer

A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, and at least one magnetic layer provided above the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, all or part of the binder being a polyurethane resin obtained by a reaction of a polyol and a polyisocyanate, the polyurethane resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 70&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C., and part of the polyol being a diol having at least one epoxy group and two hydroxyl groups per molecule. There is also provided a process for producing the magnetic recording medium, the process including a step of kneading the ferromagnetic powder and the polyurethane resin.

Magnetic recording medium and production process therefor

A magnetic recording medium is provided that has on a non-magnetic support, in order, a radiation-cured layer formed by curing a layer containing a radiation curing compound by exposure to radiation, a lower layer having a non-magnetic powder and/or a magnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and at least one magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The binder of at least the magnetic layer is a binder having a glass transition temperature of 100&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C., and the magnetic layer has on its surface a number of micro projections having a height of 10 to 20 nm measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM) of 5 to 1,000/100 &#x3bc;m.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroshi Hashimoto