Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo

Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Kagawa University

Fushimi Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Toshifumi Itano

Ken Izumori

Keiji Tsusaki

Masaaki Tokuda

Mitsuhiro Nagata

Masaaki Ueki

Yutaka Ishida

Koji Murao

Mohammad Akram Hossain

Takeo Takahashi

Tomohiko Taminato

Kazuyuki Hirooka

Terukazu Tanaka

Fuminori Yamaguchi

Gan Muneuchi

Taizo Tasaka

Toshihiko Ishida

Osamu Miyamoto

A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.

Method of utilizing physiological activity of rare saccharide and composition containing rare saccharide

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Takamatsu, Japan

Toshifumi Itano