Kao Corporation

Tadashi Hase

Takatoshi Murase

Shin Koike

Takeshi Yasumasu

Yoshihisa Katsuragi

Akira Takei

Hiroshi Kusuoku

Tsutomu Nishide

Akira Yamamuro

Hideaki Sakai

Ichiro Tokimitsu

Yoshiya Sugai

Toshiaki Osawa

Masahide Hoshino

Koji Yoshino

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Naonobu Yoshizuka

Youichi Arai

Atsuko Otsuka

Hideto Takase

Hidehiko Kondo

Shinichi Meguro

Disclosed herein is an oil composition comprising the following components (A) and (B):(A) 15 to 70% by weight of diglycerides in which less than 15% by weight of the constitutive fatty acids are (3 type unsaturated fatty acids; and (B) 30 to 85% by weight of a triglyceride in which at least 15% by weight of the constitutive fatty acids are (3 type unsaturated fatty acids. The oil composition is good in flavor, hard to be colored, excellent in hydrolytic stability and resistance to oxidation, good in emulsion stability and excellent in intake balance among fatty acids even under severe conditions that heating is performed at a high temperature for a long period of time, can be widely developed to medicinal preparations and foods and moreover exhibit an excellent inhibitory effect on accumulation of body fat by ingestion of a small amount of diglycerides.

Oil composition

Abstract Provided is an oil/fat composition comprising 60 to 100 wt. % of a diglyceride wherein the diglyceride has, as the fatty acid constituent thereof, 15 to 90 wt. % of an &#x3c9; 3-unsaturated fatty acid having less than 20 carbon atoms and a cis &#x3c9; 3-unsaturated fatty acid/(cis &#x3c9; 6-unsaturated fatty acid+saturated fatty acid+trans unsaturated fatty acid) at a weight ratio of 1 to 6. The composition is excellent in visceral fat burning property, body fat burning property and stability against autoxidation.

Oil/fat composition

An oil/fat composition comprising 5 to 99.9 wt. % of a monoglyccride having, as fatty acid constituents thereof, 15 to 90 wt % of an &#x3c9; 3-unsaturated fatty acid having less than 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 80 wt. % of an &#x3c9; 9-unsaturated fatty acid and 2 to 50 wt. % of an &#x3c9; 9-unsaturated fatty acid; and 0.1 to 49.9 wt. % of a diglyceride, wherein a weight ratio of the diglyceride to the monoglyceride is less than 1 and the content of a polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 4 carbon-to-carbon double bonds is 20% or less in all the fatty acid constituents. The oil/fat composition according to the present invention has excellent processing properties, good taste and excellent lowering action against glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) levels in blood. It is useful not only for pharmaceuticals but also for preventive or remedial foods of feeds effective for hepatic function disturbances or obesity.

Provided is an oil/fat composition comprising 10.1 to 94.9 wt. % of a triglyceride, 0.1 to 30 wt. % of a monoglyceride and 5 to 59.9 wt. % of a diglyceride which has, as a fatty acid constituent thereof, 15 to 90 wt. % of an &#x3c9;3-unsaturated fatty acid having less than 20 carbon atoms. The oil/fat composition of the present invention has excellent heat stability, has body-fat-accumulation resisting action, visceral-fat-accumulation resisting action, blood-sugar-level lowering action, insulin resistance improving action and leptin lowering action and is useful for, as well as pharmaceuticals, preventive or remedial food for diabetes or obesity, and feed.

Methods are disclosed for improving insulin resistance in a diabetic comprising administering a diacylglycerol.

Method for improving insulin resistance

The oil or fat composition of the invention contains a monoacylglycerol and/or a diacylglycerol in a total amount of 5-100 wt. % and which exhibits an index of stability against oxidation (induction time as measured through a Rancimat test conducted at 100&#xb0; C.) of 7 or higher, wherein the monoacylglycerol and/or the diacylglycerol contain, as fatty acid constituents, &#x3c9;3 unsaturated fatty acids in amounts of 15-90 wt. %. Through ingestion thereof in a small amount without drastically changing the person's lifestyle, the highly harmless oil/fat composition of the present invention provides effects for reducing and preventing accumulation of body fat, for reducing and preventing accumulation of visceral fat, and for prevention and treatment of obesity; and exerts an excellent prevention and treatment effect on life-style related diseases through long-term ingestion. Thus, the composition of the present invention is useful for foods, pharmaceuticals and pet food or feed.

Oil or fat composition

An amide derivative represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a C.sub.1-40 hydrocarbon; R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1-6 alkylene; R.sup.3 represents H, OH or alkoxyl; R.sup.4 represents a C.sub.1-39 hydrocarbon; R.sup.5 represents ##STR2## with the proviso that when R.sup.5 represents ##STR3## R.sup.3 does not represent OH; and a composition of the amide derivative for topical application to human skin. The composition improves the barrier function of the stratum corneum, providing improvement and prevention of dermatitis, skin roughness, or similar disorders.

Amide derivatives and their use in cosmetic composition

The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody which specifically binds to a peptide having amino acid sequence (I) described below or having in part at least continuous 4 amino acid sequences of the amino acid sequence (I), and also to a process for producing a monoclonal antibody capable of specifically binding to the peptide represented by the following amino acid sequence:

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Tochigi, Japan

Tadashi Hase