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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Riichiro Uchida, Noda, JP;
Ayako Nasu, Noda, JP;
Riichiro Uchida, Noda, JP;
Ayako Nasu, Noda, JP;
Kikkoman Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a substance which strongly inhibits human α-amylase and is effective for the prevention and treatment of hyperglycemia, for example, diabetes and the diseases caused thereby, and an α-amylase inhibitor and a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hyperglycemia containing the said substance as active principle. Maltoligosaccharide derivatives represented by the following formula:(wherein n is an integer of 0 to 2; m is an integer of 0 to 2; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrophobic group) or their hydrates or physiologically acceptable salts are provided, and they are contained as active principle to prepare an α-amylase inhibitor and a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hyperglycemia such as diabetes.