Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.

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Toshiaki Uchida

Toshio Sakurai

Kaoru Sato

Akira Tomizawa

Yoshihiro Kawasaki

Ken Takahashi

Akihito Ikenaga

Shun'ichi Dosako

Naoki Yamamoto

Yukihiro Takada

Seiichiro Aoe

Hideki Nakashima

Hiroaki Matsuyama

Ken Kato

Wataru Motsuchi

Toshiaki Suguri

Taishi Oda

Shigeaki Tanaka

Hitoshi Kuriki

Norihiro Azuma

Chouemon Kanno

Singh Harjinder

Sunichi Dosako

Hitoshi Aikawa

Takae Ozawa

Kazumasa Hamashita

Folic acid and/or vitamin B and lactoferrin are mixed to produce a folic acid and/or vitamin B -lactoferrin complex. The complex can be used for enriching foods or drink.

Folic acid and/or vitamin B12-lactoferrin complex

Iron-casein complex hydrolyzate and process for the production thereof

A carbonate- and/or bicarbonate-iron-whey-proteolysate complex includes 1 to 1,000 atoms of iron and one or more molecules of carbonate and/or bicarbonate per one molecule of whey-protein as measured before whey proteolysis, and exhibits no specific iron taste. The carbonate- and/or bicarbonate-iron-whey proteolysate complex is used in drugs, foods, drinks, and animal feed for the purposes of an iron supplement for treatment and prevention of anemia.

Method of producing iron-whey-proteolysate complex

Iron-casein complex and process for preparing the same

Processed oats having a remarkably decreased viscosity when dispersed in hot water or boiling water, a method of preparing the same, and a food and beverage containing the same are disclosed. The processed oats may be prepared by contacting pressed oats with water or an aqueous protein solution and then drying the oats. The contacting of oats with the aqueous protein solution may be carried out before the pressing of the oats.

Processed oats and a method of preparing the same

A bone reinforcing agent comprising a basic protein fraction or a basic peptide fraction derived from milk as an effective component is described. The basic protein fraction is obtained by passing milk or a raw material derived from milk over a cation exchange resin and eluting the adhered fraction. The basic peptide fraction is obtained by hydrolyzing the basic protein fraction with a protease. The basic protein fraction and basic peptide fraction of the present invention promote the growth of osteoclasts and suppress the resorption of osteoclasts, and thereby strengthening bone when administered orally. The invention is useful for treating or preventing bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

Bone reinforcing agent and foods and drinks product containing the same

This invention relates to inhibitors against viral infection and proliferation composed of peptides shown by below mentioned amino acid sequence (1) or (2). ##STR1## The inhibitors against viral infection and proliferation of the present invention can suppress the infection and proliferation of influenza virus or cytomegalo virus, and are useful for the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by these viruses.

Viral infection and proliferation inhibitors

Lactoperoxidase, secretory component and lactoferrin are separated in high purity from milk and related materials such as whey with a single cation exchange resin. After adsorption on the cation exchange resin, elution is carried out with an aqueous solution having an ionic strength and pH selected to elute each separately. Lactoperoxidase is eluted first, secretory component second and lactoferrin last. Each is obtained in a purity of about 80% or greater. The cation exchange resin can be a cross-linked polysaccharide, cellulose or an acrylamide resin having carboxyl, sulfonic acid or phosphoric acid functional groups which may be attached with a spacer. The separated lactoperoxidase, secretory component and lactoferrin are biologically active and can be used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foods, drinks and feeds.

Separation of lactoperoxidase, secretory component and lactoferrin from

A secretory component-containing composition which is obtainable by contacting a milk or a whey with a cation exchange resin to allow the resin to absorb a secretory component contained in the milk or the whey and then eluting the secretory component and which has the following properties:

Secretory component-containing composition

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Kawagoe, Japan

Toshiaki Uchida