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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Hiromu Ohnogi, Kusatsu, JP;
Katsumi Sugiyama, Otsu, JP;
Nobuko Muraki, Koka, JP;
Tatsuji Enoki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Hiroaki Sagawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Ikunoshin Kato, Koka, JP;
Hiromu Ohnogi, Kusatsu, JP;
Katsumi Sugiyama, Otsu, JP;
Nobuko Muraki, Koka, JP;
Tatsuji Enoki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Hiroaki Sagawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Ikunoshin Kato, Koka, JP;
Takara Bio Inc., Otsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a chalcone compound represented by the following general formula: wherein Rand Rare taken together with the carbon atom to which they are bound, respectively, to form a hydroxydimethyl hexane ring, or where Ris a hydroxyl group, Ris an isohexenyl group, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof. Also, the present invention relates to a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease requiring neuronal protection, suppression for nitrogen monoxide (NO) production, inhibition for aldose reductase or suppression for interleukin production, and a food, beverage or feed for treatment or prevention of the above-mentioned disease, characterized in that each comprises the above-mentioned compound as an effective ingredient.