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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Tsubota Laboratory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Tsubota, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihide Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC., Tokyo, JP;
ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The ophthalmic composition effective for the prevention or treatment of myopia or ocular diseases are provided. In particular, the present invention provides an ophthalmic composition effective in a growing child or a young person in whom myopia develops and progresses, as well as a middle-aged and elderly person in whom age-related ocular diseases such as cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, retinopathy, maculopathy, choroidal neovascularization, posterior staphyloma, and optic neuropathy develop, a functional food containing the ophthalmic composition, and a screening method capable of searching for the same. [Solution] The above problem is solved by an ophthalmic composition or functional food product containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of crocetin and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and ginkgo leaf extract.