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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Shigeto Uchiyama, Saga, JP;
Tomomi Ueno, Kurume, JP;
Megumi Kumemura, Kurume, JP;
Kiyoko Imaizumi, Kurume, JP;
Kyosuke Masaki, Kurume, JP;
Seiichi Shimizu, Tosu, JP;
Shigeto Uchiyama, Saga, JP;
Tomomi Ueno, Kurume, JP;
Megumi Kumemura, Kurume, JP;
Kiyoko Imaizumi, Kurume, JP;
Kyosuke Masaki, Kurume, JP;
Seiichi Shimizu, Tosu, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly women for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been available.