Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo

Toshi Miyake

Masakazu Mitsuhashi

Hiromi Hijiya

Takashi Yumoto

Taketoshi Kido

Yoshihisa Iida

An isoflavone composition which contains an &#x3b1;-glucosyl isoflavone and isoflavone and optionally an isoflavone aglycone, wherein the ratio of the amount of aglycone in the isoflavone and the isoflavone aglycone in total to the amount of aglycone in the &#x3b1;-glucosyl isoflavone [(the amount of aglycone in &#x3b1;-glucosyl isoflavone)/(the amount of aglycone in isoflavone plus the amount of isoflavone aglycone)] is at least 2.5/1; a water-soluble isoflavone composition which contains an &#x3b1;-glucosyl isoflavone, isoflavone and isoflavone aglycone, wherein the ratio of the amount of isoflavone aglycone in the composition is 0.01 to 20% to the total amount of aglycone in the composition; and beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, or feeds, which contain any one of the above compositions.

Water-soluble isoflavone composition, process for producing the same, and use thereof

A novel EPA/CD inclusion compound and a food product containing the same are disclosed. The undesirable odor of EPA is masked by including it into such EPA/CD inclusion compound. Gamma-CD is most favorable because it includes much more EPA, and highly stabilizes it. The EPA/CD inclusion compound is advantageously usable in perorally- or parenterally-usable products directed to the promotion or maintenance of health.

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Okayama, Japan

Toshi Miyake