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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Kazuo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Jetae Woo, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiro Sato, Odawara, JP;
Kouichiro Hashimoto, Odawara, JP;
Naoki Taketomo, Odawara, JP;
Nobuo Yoda, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuchida, Higashimurayama, JP;
Kazuo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Jetae Woo, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiro Sato, Odawara, JP;
Kouichiro Hashimoto, Odawara, JP;
Naoki Taketomo, Odawara, JP;
Nobuo Yoda, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuchida, Higashimurayama, JP;
Meiji Dairiese Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to drinks and foods having osteogenetic function, each of which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of a culture of a propionic acid bacterium and/or a lactic acid bacterium, said culture containing 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone; and preventives and/or remedies for metabolic bone diseases, each of which comprises as an active ingredient a naphthoquinone compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-(α-hydroxy-δ-methylpentenyl)-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and salts thereof. These cultures and naphthoquinones promote bone metabolism and increase bone mass and bone strength.