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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hua-Kang Wu, Otsu, JP;
Nobuto Koyama, Otsu, JP;
Eiji Nishiyama, Otsu, JP;
Takanari Tominaga, Otsu, JP;
Michio Hagiya, Otsu, JP;
Ikunoshin Kato, Otsu, JP;
Assignee:
Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/112 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic or preventive agent for diabetes mellitus which is characterized in containing at least one compound selected from a group consisting of 4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one represented by the following formula [I] and an optically active substance and a salt thereof as an effective component.