Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

Mai Murata

Akio Yamada

Mitsunori Takase

Koji Yamauchi

Yasuhiro Takeda

Hiroyuki Wakabayashi

Junichi Minami

Tetsuya Kuhara

Noriyuki Iwabuchi

Ayako Horigome

Tatsuya Ehara

Junichi Hashimoto

Hirohisa Izumi

Ikumi Kojima

Akari Hiraku

Hazuki Maehata

Provided is a composition for preventing or ameliorating a functional gastrointestinal disorder whose active ingredient isMCC1274 (FERM BP-11175). A composition for preventing or ameliorating a functional gastrointestinal disorder in the present technology can prevent or improve constipation or frequent bowel movements, regulate the number of bowel movements, improve stool quality, prevent or improve constipation, prevent or ameliorate bloating, or prevent or improve abdominal discomfort. Disclosed is a composition for preventing or ameliorating a functional gastrointestinal disorder accompanied by anxiety disorder. A composition for preventing or ameliorating a functional gastrointestinal disorder in the present technology can be used in a pharmaceutical composition or in a food or beverage composition.

Composition for preventing or improving functional gastrointestinal disorders, and, pharmaceutical composition, food/beverage composition, and method of preventing or improving functional gastrointestinal disorders using the composition for preventing or improving functional gastrointestinal disorders

Provided is a composition that may be used for a specific use application, such as a composition for enhancing a breast milk component. A composition containing a bacterium of the genusas an active ingredient is described.

Composition for enhancing breast milk component

Provided is a novel sleep-promoting composition. Provided is a sleep-promoting composition comprising bacteria belonging toas an active ingredient. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may prolong a sleep time by prolonging non-REM sleep and REM sleep, reducing a spontaneous behavior amount during sleep, or reducing an awakening time during sleep. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may also reduce difficulty in daytime awakening. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may be used for a medical composition or a food and beverage composition.

Sleep-promoting composition, and medical composition and food beverage composition using said sleep-promoting composition

Provided is a composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function, containingas an active ingredient. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function is capable of reducing blood creatinine levels. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function can also be used in a pharmaceutical composition or a food or beverage product composition.

Composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function, pharmaceutical composition, food/beverage composition, and method of preventing or improving impaired renal function using the composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function

An agent for thermally stabilizing lactoferrin, which comprises a nucleic acid as an active ingredient, can be added to lactoferrin to impart thermal stability to lactoferrin. Thermally stabilized lactoferrin can be heat-sterilized at a pH value around a neutral pH value while keeping its activity.

Method of imparting heat resistance to lactoferrin

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