Suntory Limited

Yoshihide Suwa

Sakayu Shimizu

Hideaki Yamada

Kengo Akimoto

Sumio Asami

Yoshifumi Shinmen

Michihiro Sugano

Yoshinori Kitagawa

Hajime Yoshizumi

Yuji Shibano

Teruo Amachi

Shigeaki Fujikawa

Toshiyuki Nakada

Miyoko Ono

Haruyo Hatanaka

Kunimasa Koga

Takumi Kobayashi

Hideko Yomo

Hirofumi Koda

Shiro Senoh

Toshio Irie

Takehiro Matsumoto

Masako Okazaki

Hiroshi Ishigouoka

Noriko Kiyota

Process for manufacturing beer

A Bifidobacterium bifidum proliferation promoting composition comprising a xylooligosaccharide which contains xylobiose as its principal component is disclosed. The xylooligosaccharide is obtained by enzymatically or physicochemically treating either xylan or hemicellulose derived from a natural source. Bifidobacterium bifidum which is useful for man is encouraged to proliferate in the intestines by the xylooligosaccharide which is not readily assimilated by Escherichia coli but is readily utilized by Bifidobacterium bifidum. The xylooligosaccharide is advantageously stable when exposed to acids or heat.

Bifidobacterium bifidum proliferation promoting composition containing

A liver function improver, food, or drink comprising, as an effective ingredient, a dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivative, such as sesamin, sesaminol espisesamin, episesaminol, sesamolin, 2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-6-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dioxabicycl o[3.3.0]octane, 2,6-bis-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane or 2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-6-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenoxy)-3,7-dioxabicyc lo[3.3.0]octane.

Liver function improver

A liver function improver, food, or drink comprising, as an effective ingredient, a dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivative, such as sesamin, sesaminol episesamin, episesaminol, sesamolin, 2-(3,4-methylene dioxyphenyl)-6-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane, 2,6-bis-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane or 2- (3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-6-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenoxy)-3,7-dioxabicyclo [3.3.0]octane.

Composition for increasing potency of adriamycin or daunomycin and

Foods or beverages in which lactate monooxygenase is incorporated so as to prevent oxygen-caused deterioration of their quality by allowing oxygen to be eliminated from said foods or beverages rapidly and in a safe way.

Food and beverages containing lactate monooxygenase

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Ibaraki, Japan

Yoshihide Suwa