Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd.

Lion Corporation

Ichiro Takazoe

Junichi Shimizu

Yoshikazu Nakajima

Kazumasa Suzuki

Tatsuya Iwakura

Kosei Ohta

Tatsuo Kiyoshige

Yasuo Kikuchi

Katsuji Okuda

The sweetner prepared by adding palatinose to sucrose is a low-cariogenic since palatinose is not only low cariogenic in itself, but also inhibits the formation of insoluble glucan from sucrose in an oral cavity. Since the sweetner is almost same as sucrose in quality of sweetness, dissolvability in a mouth, palatability, etc., and further is low-cariogenic when it is used in foods, it is suitable as sweetner. In addition, since the sweetner is usually crystalline or powdery, it is easy to handle.

Low-cariogenic sweetners

An oral composition which prevents periodontal disease such as gingivitis, periodontitis and alveolar pyorrhoea through the prevention of the colonization of Bacteroides gingivalis comprises an antibody obtained by immunizing a mammal with an antigen selected from Bacteroides gingivalis, its pilus and capsule fractions.

Oral composition containing antibodies to Bacteroides gingivalis

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Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Takazoe