Suntory Holdings Limited

Suntory Limited

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Suntory Flowers Limited

International Flower Developments Proprietary Limited

Yuko Fukui

Sumio Asami

Masako Mizutani

Yoshikazu Tanaka

Masaaki Nakai

Takaaki Kusumi

Keiko Sakakibara

Eiichiro Ono

Yukihisa Katsumoto

Keita Motoyama

Toru Nakayama

Mitsuru Maeda

Junichi Togami

Mai Imamoto

Fumio Hashimoto

Atsushi Fukui

Hiroyuki Naka

Koichi Nakahara

Masahiro Nakao

Shigeaki Fujikawa

Yoshiko Ono

Toshihiko Ashikari

Noriko Nakamura

Akio Noguchi

Kunimasa Koga

Sayuri Kitagawa

Takashi Ooshima

Namino Tomimori

Tatsuo Matsuoka

Mitsuhiro Zeida

Asako Okada

Hiroaki Okuhara

Hiroyuki Fujiwara

Michiyo Nakano

Takafumi Yoshikawa

Yuko Yoshimoto

Hiroyasu Kubo

Shigeo Moriguchi

Takashi Iwashita

Keiji Murao

In a solution cultivation method for a low potassium vegetable, an entire cultivation period from seeding to harvesting is divided into a first cultivation period and a second cultivation period depending on the vegetable to be cultivated. In the first cultivation period, the vegetable is cultivated in a first culture solution containing a first fertilizer for solution cultivation which contains potassium. In the second cultivation period, the vegetable is cultivated in a second culture solution containing a second fertilizer for solution cultivation which does not substantially contain potassium. During the second cultivation period, an air flow is applied at a controlled speed to the growing point of the vegetable.

Solution cultivation method for low potassium vegetable, low potassium vegetable and cultivation device

An illumination apparatus includes first and second light sources arranged substantially linearly; and a light guide member having first and second light receiving portions, and a light emitting portion. The light receiving portions are configured to refract light from the first and second light sources toward the light emitting portion; and the light emitting portion is configured to refract light from the light receiving portions toward a space between the first and second light sources.

Illumination apparatus with light guide provided between linearly arranged light sources

An object of the present invention is to provide hyaluronidase inhibitors, collagenase inhibitors, elastase inhibitors, MMP-1 production suppressors, and collagen synthesis promoters that contain as an active component one or more pigment compounds that are obtained as extracted from plants of the family Rosaceae, as well as agents for cutaneous application, skin cosmetics, and quasi-drugs that contain such pigment compounds. The present invention provides hyaluronidase inhibitors, collagenase inhibitors, elastase inhibitors, MMP-1 production suppressors, collagen synthesis promoters, agents for cutaneous application, skin cosmetics, and quasi-drugs that contain one or more compounds in a class of rosacyanins or one or more compounds in a class of rosadelphins as an active component.

Uses of rose pigment compounds

In an air conditioning apparatus, mixed ambient gas obtained by mixing carbon dioxide with ambient gas in a mixing unit communicating with outlets is supplied to a plant substantially uniformly through the outlets installed in the vicinity of the plant, which makes transpiration of leaves of the plant uniform, and further allows air conditioning control to be performed only over the vicinity of the plant and carbon gas concentration to be managed on the vicinity of the plant.

Air conditioning apparatus in plant cultivation

Providing a compound capable of continuously taking and having a vascular endothelial function improving effect by enhancing NO function from the vascular endothelial cells. A compound represented by Formula (I) wherein R, R, Rand Rare each independently H or a gallate group, a vascular endothelial function improving agent, food and drink or pharmaceutical composition containing the compound. 

Epigallocatechin gallate tetramer and vascular endothelial function improving agent containing the same

Provided is a highly palatable and safe glucosyltransferase inhibitor or anti-dental caries agent. A glucosyltransferase inhibitor or anti-dental caries agent having an epigallocatechin gallate polymer or a salt thereof. Particularly, the above agent containing an epigallocatechin gallate polymer, which is a compound in which chroman rings are bonded at position 6 and/or 8 via a methylene group.

Glucosyltransferase inhibitor containing epigallocatechin gallate polymer as active ingredient

The object of the present invention is to provide an anti-obesity agent which contains a tea-derived component and which is safe and does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverages. According to the present invention, a safe and palatable anti-obesity agent can be provided by incorporating a benzotropolone ring-containing compound which has tea-derived, high inhibitory activities against lipase and alfa-glucosidase. The anti-obesity agent of the present invention does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverage, has palatability, and can be used in various use applications including foods and beverages intended for health enhancement such as reduction in triglycerides.

Anti-obesity agent comprising compound containing benzotropolone ring

Disclosed is a novel compound contained in blue rose. This novel compound, which is contained in blue rose, has a chemical structure represented by general formula (I): 

Compounds purified from blue roses

The present invention provides lipase inhibitors containing dimers of flavan-3-ols derived from teas as well as foods and beverages and medicines containing said inhibitors. More specifically, the present invention provides lipase inhibitors containing at least one of assamicains represented by the formula: wherein G represents a galloyl group;theasinensins represented by the formula: wherein Rrepresents G or H, and Rrepresents G; andtheaflavins represented by the formula: wherein Rand Rindependently represent G or H; as well as foods and beverages and medicines containing said lipase inhibitors.

Lipase inhibitors

The present invention provides a novel UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and a polynucleotide encoding the same, for example, a polynucleotide comprising nucleotides 1 to 1359 of SEQ ID NO: 4, nucleotides 1 to 1365 of SEQ ID NO: 10, nucleotides 1 to 1371 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and nucleotides 1 to 1371 of SEQ ID NO: 22; or a polynucleotide encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 5, 11, 13 or 23. The invention provides a novel UDP-glucuronosyltransferase with a broad substrate specificity.

Polynucleotide encoding UDP-glucuronyl transferase

A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named 'Florirosavio04', characterized by its upright flowering stems; vigorous growth habit; freely branching plant habit; and strongly fragrant flowers that are light violet in color.

Rose plant named 'Florirosavio04'

A method for producing a rose characterized by artificially suppressing the rose endogenous metabolic pathway and expressing the pansy gene coding for flavonoid 3',5&#x2032;-hydroxylase.

Method for producing rose with altered petal colors

The present invention provides a novel method for assaying OPC contained in natural substances, foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals and/or cosmetics. The present invention is a novel method for assay of OPC which assays anthocyanidin, obtained by hydrolysis of OPC, to determine the total amount of OPC, and elucidates the proportions of the polymerization degrees of OPC by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to determine the contents of the respective polymers in OPC.

Method for analyzing oligomeric proanthocyanidin (OPC)

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Osaka, Japan

Yuko Fukui