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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Munekazu Iinuma, Gifu, JP;
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Gifu, JP;
Makoto Ubukata, Hokkaido, JP;
Nobuyasu Matsuura, Okayama, JP;
Masashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Suzuki, Toyama, JP;
Munekazu Iinuma, Gifu, JP;
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Gifu, JP;
Makoto Ubukata, Hokkaido, JP;
Nobuyasu Matsuura, Okayama, JP;
Masashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Suzuki, Toyama, JP;
Meiji Dairies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to identify compounds having an inhibitory effect on adipocyte differentiation, and to provide pharmaceutical compositions and food compositions for prevention, improvement, or treatment of obesity or obesity related diseases. By enthusiastically studying natural products that inhibit the differentiation induction of adipocyte precursors into adipocytes, sesquiterpenoid derivatives, which are extracts from a Compositae plant, Calea, growing in Central and South America, were demonstrated to have an excellent inhibitory effect on adipocyte differentiation induction. Calea extract or the sesquiterpenoid derivatives are expected to be used in pharmaceutical compositions and food compositions for prevention, improvement, or treatment of obesity related diseases.