Jx Nippon Oil Energy Corporation

Daicel Corporation

Jxtg Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

Eneos Materials Corporation

Shotaro Uchizawa

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Tomoyuki Ishizaki

Kentaro Shimizu

Hideyuki Dohi

Hiroshi Kawasaki

Kazuaki Hirasawa

Yuki Kawashima

Kazuya Mitsuhashi

Takanori Someya

Motoko Hayashi

Manabu Yamada

Ichigen Watanabe

A flame retardant resin composition comprising: a hydrogenated petroleum resin, being a hydrogenated product of a polymer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of an alicyclic compound having a five-membered ring and an aromatic hydrocarbon compound; a polyolefin; and an inorganic filler.

Flame-resistant resin composition, method for manufacturing same, and hydrogenated petroleum resin

The present invention provides a composition comprising a high content of highly pure, low-cost, and safe carotenoid and a method for industrially producing the same. The present invention also provides functional food, a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic product comprising such a composition. The present invention further provides a method for producing a composition containing at least 80% of carotenoid, which is characterized in treating a microorganism culture with extraction using a lower alcohol at 80&#xb0; C. at the lowest or a combination of water and a lower alcohol at 80&#xb0; C. at the lowest, and then washing and filtrating the precipitate obtained from the extract solution with a combination of a lower alcohol and water.

Method for production of carotenoid

Methods of obtaining a carotenoid-containing composition were developed, in which degradation of carotenoids is suppressed even though extraction and purification are performed on a culture of microorganism that produces carotenoids including astaxanthin by simple steps using a lower alcohol which is a conventionally known solvent, and the compositions have high astaxanthin content and contain highly pure carotenoids and also have satisfactory crystal properties. Further addition of a simple step that promotes isomerization of astaxanthin successfully improved the carotenoid yield.

Method for producing carotenoid-containing composition, and carotenoid-containing composition

The present invention provides a method for producing a carotenoid-containing composition, comprising the steps of: subjecting a culture of a carotenoid-producing microorganism to an extraction treatment using a water-soluble organic solvent; dispersing the resulting extract solution in water for micellization; heat stirring the resulting micellized solution in a solvent break the micelles and precipitate the carotenoid component of interest to obtain the precipitate; collecting and heat washing the precipitate with ethanol; and further subjecting the precipitate to pulverization/drying; and food, a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic product comprising the carotenoid-containing composition.

Process for producing carotenoid

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Tokyo, Japan

Shotaro Uchizawa