Kao Corporation

Takatoshi Murase

Shin Koike

Tadashi Hase

Takeshi Yasumasu

Yoshihisa Katsuragi

Akira Takei

Noriyasu Ota

Satoshi Haramizu

Naoki Hosoya

Tsutomu Nishide

Hideaki Sakai

Akira Shimotoyodome

Toshihiro Tanaka

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Kohjiro Hashizume

Junko Suzuki

Hirofumi Takigawa

Yoshihiko Minegishi

Takanori Nii

Hideto Takase

Koichi Misawa

Ichirou Tokimitsu

Noriyuki Yajima

Satomi Kiuchi

Hidehiko Kondo

It is intended to provide a drug, a quasi-drug, a dermatological preparation for external use, or a material to be contained to drugs, quasi-drugs, dermatological preparations for external use, food products, or the like which has an excellent UCP-1 expression-promoting action and promotes conversion of adipose to brown adipose (browning). The present invention provides a UCP-1 expression promoter comprising a PPAR&#x3b3; activator and a Smad3 inhibitor in combination. The present invention also provides a UCP-1 expression promoter comprising a PPAR&#x3b3; activator, a Smad3 inhibitor, and a &#x3b2;3 adrenaline receptor activator or a TGR5 activator in combination.

UCP-1 expression promoter

Use of an organic solvent extract of a tempeh-fungus-fermented soybean product for the production of a PPAR&#x3b1; and/or PPAR&#x3b4; activator. A method for activating PPAR&#x3b1; and/or PPAR&#x3b4;, the method comprising administering an organic solvent extract of a tempeh-fungus-fermented soybean product to a subject, or feeding the organic solvent extract to the subject.

PPAR activator

Provision of a drug, a quasi-drug, and a food or beverage, which are effective for senescence inhibition, mitochondrial function improvement, muscle dysfunction inhibition, muscular atrophy inhibition, prevention of a bedridden state, muscle senescence inhibition, or motor function improvement. A senescence inhibitor, a mitochondrial function-improving agent, a muscle dysfunction inhibitor, a muscular atrophy inhibitor, and an agent for preventing a bedridden state, containing a catechin as an effective ingredient. A muscle senescence inhibitor and a motor function-improving agent, containing a catechin and an amino acid as effective ingredients.

Senescence inhibitor

A fat or oil composition containing the following ingredients (A) and (B):

Fat or oil composition

A method for enhancing endurance and/or for removing fatigue by administering to a subject in need thereof a composition containing an effective amount of nootkatone. The method may be further combined with exercise.

AMPK activating agent

The present invention relates to a motor function improving method, including administering or taking a fat globule membrane component.

Motor function improver

The present invention relates to a preventive/remedy for obesity, which has a hydroxypropylated starch as its active ingredient. Provided are materials for foods, drugs, etc. which can exhibit an effect of preventing/lessening the onset of various lifestyle related diseases, for example, an effect of preventing/ameliorating obesity, or preventing/ameliorating hyperlipidemia; have a high safety and a wide application range; and rarely damage their texture.

Preventive/remedy for obesity

The present invention relates to an oil or fat composition containing the following components (A) and (B):

Oil or fat composition

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.

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Tochigi, Japan

Takatoshi Murase