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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukihiko Hara, Fujieda, JP;
Miwa Honda, Fujieda, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514456 ;
Abstract
The effective ingredient in the inventive inhibitive agent against activity of a .alpha.-amylase is tea, e.g., black tea, or a tea polyphenol as a constituent of tea including epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin, epicatechin, (+)catechin and the isomer thereof, free theaflavin, theaflavin monogallates A and B and theaflavin digallate.