Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd.

The Kitasato Institute

Kenji Koge

Toshikazu Kawai

Jun Kashimura

Hiroshi Murakami

Takeo Shimizu

Seiichi Araki

Mamoru Suzuki

Yukie Nagai

Takeo Mizutani

Satoshi Omura

Haruki Yamada

Masami Mizu

Masato Iwatsuki

Kazuhiko Otoguro

Aki Ishiyama

Hiroaki Kiyohara

The present invention provides a Peyer's patch activator containing a polysaccharide obtained from sugar cane as an active ingredient, wherein the polysaccharide contains &#x3b1;-glucan as a main component and has a peak molecular weight within a range of 720,000 to 1,080,000, with a proportion of glucose in all component sugars being 80% or more, and proportions of nonreducing terminal glucose and &#x3b1;-1,6-linked glucose being 20 to 30% and 15 to 25%, respectively.

Peyer's patch activator

A preventive or remedy for infection, an anti-endotoxin agents, a vaccine adjuvants and a growth promoter each comprising a sugar cane-derived extract as an active ingredient which agent is safe to man and animals. Also presented are foods and feeds comprising these agents.

Preventives or remedies for infection, anti-endotoxin agents, vaccine adjuvants and growth promoters

Preventives/remedies for infection, anti-endtoxin agents, vaccine adjuvants and growth promoters

Growing community of inventors

Kanagawa, Japan

Kenji Koge