Takara Bio Inc.

Tatsui Enoki

Ikunoshin Kato

Takeshi Sakai

Hiroaki Sagawa

Nobuto Koyama

Katsushige Ikai

Eiji Nishiyama

Takanari Tominaga

Fu-Gong Yu

Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose represented by formula (1): foods, drinks, cosmetics, etc. containing as the active ingredient at least one member selected from the group consisting of the above-mentioned compound, its aldehyde, its hydrate and 2-O-methylated derivatives thereof and soluble sugar compounds containing the above compound. This compound also shows, for example, an apoptosis-inducing activity, a carcinostatic activity and inhibitory activities on the production of active oxygen, lipid peroxide radicals and NO, which makes it useful also as the active ingredient of antioxidants and preservatives.

Use of algae-derived physiologically active substances for treating a carcinomatous disease

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Otsu, Japan

Tatsui Enoki