Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Tomoyuki Mine

Naoki Hayashi

Yasuyo Suga

Masaki Hashimoto

Itaru Kon

Mika Hamada

Shinji Somekawa

Ikuko Sasahara

Makoto Ishii

Kazunori Saima

Michihiro Takada

Ryo Uchida

Michiya Kanzaki

Compositions which contain an amino acid comprising serine, and a lipid comprising at least one n-3 fatty acid are useful for preventing or improving nociceptive pain.

Composition for preventing or improving nociceptive pain

Compositions which contain an amino acid containing serine and a lipid containing a n-3 fatty acid are useful for the prophylaxis or improvement of peripheral neuropathy.

Composition for preventing or improving peripheral neuropathy

A nutritional composition is provided which has an effective prophylactic and/or improving effect for various symptoms of muscle mass decrease, decreased basal metabolism, low body temperature, suppression of obesity, suppression of visceral fat accumulation, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and the like in elderly people. The nutritional composition can include n-3 fatty acid and one or more of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and lysine salts, wherein the content of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and/or lysine salts is 0.1 g-10.0 g per 100 kcal of the composition, and the content of the total amount of n-3 fatty acid is 0.17 g-5.00 g per 100 kcal of the composition.

Method for decreasing visceral fat or increasing energy consumption

The present invention can provide a nutrition composition useful for patients with renal diseases, which has an effective prophylactic or improving effect for various symptoms of malnutrition, inflammation, arteriosclerosis, abnormal lipid metabolism and oxidative stress, associated with renal diseases, or for diabetic nephropathy. The nutrition composition of the present invention m contains one or more kinds of free amino acids selected from the group consisting of valine, leucine, isoleucine and histidine, and a lipid comprising &#x3c9;-3 fatty acid and &#x3c9;-6 fatty acid at a weight ratio (&#x3c9;-6 fatty acid to &#x3c9;-3 fatty acid) of 0.5-5.5. In addition, the composition further contains a soybean protein or a hydrolysate thereof together with the aforementioned lipid or instead of the aforementioned lipid.

Nutrition composition

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Kawasaki, Japan

Tomoyuki Mine