Kikkoman Corporation

Yukihiko Iwai

Jun Yamakoshi

Shigehiro Kataoka

Mamoru Kikuchi

Koichiro Tobe

Tatuo Manaka

Hiroharu Ishikawa

Tsutomu Sasaki

Kenji Mori

Nobuyuki Yamaji

Akio Obata

Toshiaki Ariga

Riichiro Uchida

Katsumi Yuasa

Toru Izumi

Ayako Nasu

Takao Someya

Takanao Matsudo

Malto-oligosaccharide derivatives and uses thereof

A health diet for preventing life-habit diseases (adult diseases) is provided. The health diet is prepared by directly encapsulating or tableting an organic solvent extract of soy sauce cakes or an aqueous alkali extract of a soy sauce oil, or blending the extracts with a diet.

Health diet for preventing diseases caused by life-habit

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

In order to prevent or treat cataract, present invention features 3(2H)-furanone derivatives having 3(2H)-furanone skeleton as a main structure and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical preparations containing the derivatives and/or the salts thereof, treatment methods of cataract, and their use. The 3(2H)-furanone derivatives have excellent effects for the prevention and/or treatment of cataract, for instance, senile cataract caused by oxidation disorder. Particularly, the pharmaceutical preparations have good effect for the prevention and/or treatment of cataract when they are administrated as ophtalmics.

Pharmaceutical preparation for prevention and/or treatment for cataract

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Noda, Japan

Yukihiko Iwai