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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2001
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Osamu Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Kyouko Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Nagisa Ikeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuu Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kusuda, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Shinoda, Sagamihara, JP;
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Osamu Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Kyouko Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Nagisa Ikeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuu Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kusuda, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Shinoda, Sagamihara, JP;
Calpis Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An agent for relieving intestinal disorders which contain live cells of a strain belonging to. This strain is preferably characterized by a resistance to a specific bile acid, adhesiveness to intestinal epithelial cells, etc. A method of controlling intestinal functions which involves the step of administering such a medicine to a subject with a need for the control of intestinal functions. When administered to humans or the like, these agents exert effects of elevating defecation frequency, etc., thereby efficaciously improving the intestinal environment.