Meiji Dairies Corporation

Meiji Co., Ltd.

Meiji Dairiese Corporation

Naoki Taketomo

Nobuo Yoda

Yoshio Sato

Keisuke Furuichi

Kakuhei Isawa

Shuji Ikegami

Seiya Makino

Mizue Saito

Kenichi Hojo

Tomonori Kamiyama

Kazuo Nagai

Katsunori Kimura

Tadashi Nakatsubo

Jetae Woo

Yoshiro Sato

Kouichiro Hashimoto

Noriaki Matsunaga

Hiroshi Tsuchida

Shunji Hayashi

Shigeru Aizawa

Kenichi Hojyo

Natural cheese which comprises a lactic acid bacterium belonging tohaving a disinfection potency against, and a method for producing the natural cheese.

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A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genusand collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.

Process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid

This invention relates to drinks and foods having osteogenetic function, each of which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of a culture of a propionic acid bacterium and/or a lactic acid bacterium, said culture containing 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone; and preventives and/or remedies for metabolic bone diseases, each of which comprises as an active ingredient a naphthoquinone compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-(&#x3b1;-hydroxy-&#x3b4;-methylpentenyl)-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and salts thereof. These cultures and naphthoquinones promote bone metabolism and increase bone mass and bone strength.

Food materials useful in preventing and ameliorating metabolic bone diseases and preventives/remedies for metabolic bone diseases comprising these materials

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Odawara, Japan

Naoki Taketomo