Kikkoman Corporation

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Toshiaki Ariga

Shigehiro Kataoka

Katsumi Yuasa

Hiroshi Hosoyama

Nobuyuki Yamaji

Mamoru Kikuchi

Jun Yamakoshi

Tatuo Manaka

Emiko Yamazaki

Hiroharu Ishikawa

Akio Obata

Makoto Saito

Danji Fukushima

Michiko Watanabe

Yukihiko Iwai

Norikazu Fujii

Fumio Yamaguchi

Masaoki Sasaki

Naokata Ishii

Keizo Tsuruta

Ikunori Koshiyama

Kaeko Yamashita

An oral deodorant for excreta containing a proanthocyanidin as an active ingredient and a method of reducing the odor of excreta of an object comprising dosing the object with an effective amount of a proanthocyanidin.

Deodorant agents for oral use for discharges and method for relieving odor of discharges

A high-protein food of plate form having a protein content of 40% by weight or more and a bulk density of 0.02 to 0.40 g/cm,, which is obtained by puffing-molding a compound protein raw material having a protein content of 40% by weight or more.

High-protein food of plate form

A proanthocyanidin, such as an extract of grape seeds or skin, is added to a protein food, so that the flavor of the protein food is improved.

Protein food

The present invention relates to healthy foods and cosmetics. More particularly, it relates to healthy foods and cosmetics containing a polyisoprenylated benzophenone derivatives as effective ingredients and having a variety of functions for maintaining health such as anti-ulcer activity, the Maillard reaction inhibiting activity, anti-oxidation activity, reactive oxygen species scavenging activity, and anti-tumor promotion activity.

Healthy foods and cosmetics

The present invention is directed to a process for improving the property of proanthocyanidins comprising contacting the proanthocyanidin containing solution with tannase and a process for increasing the yield of proanthocyanidins comprising contacting the proanthocyanidin containing solution with tannase in the extraction of the proanthocyanidins.

Process for improving the property of proanthocyanidins and for

An agent for the prevention or treatment of cataracts comprising a proanthocyanidin oligomer is provided. The oral administration or application to the eyes of the agent of the invention produces a sufficient preventive or therapeutic effect against cataracts caused by oxidative disorders.

Agent for the prevention or treatment of cataracts

The present invention aims at enhancing purity of the proanthocyanidin extracts by acting yeast to the proanthocyanidin extracts for fermenting them to thereby assimilate the impurities such as saccharides with yeast to reduce them.

Process for the preparation of proanthocyanidins

An antioxidant containing a proanthocyanidin which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of those dimers to decimers which have bonded thereto as a structural unit a flavan-3-ol or flavan-3,4-diol represented by the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a hydroxyl group, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each hydrogen, a hydroxyl group or a methoxy group, and R.sub.5 is hydrogen, a galloyl group or a glycopyranosil group).

Antioxidant comprising proanthocyanidin as principal component

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Noda, Japan

Toshiaki Ariga