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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Tomoko Oya, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Kakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasujiro Morimitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Osawa, Aichi, JP;
Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In view of the situation of the prior art, the present invention specifies the structure of a late-stage product of Mailard reaction in vivo having a close relation with various tissue disorders, and provides a diagnostic reagent for complications associated with diabetes or renal failure, containing the above compound as a main component. The diagnostic reagent of the present invention for complications associated with diabetes or renal failure contains a pyridinium compound represented by the following formula as a main component: