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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Junko Suzuki, Haga-gun, JP;
Akira Shimotoyodome, Haga-gun, JP;
Tomohisa Ichiba, Sumida-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/04 (2006.01); A61K 31/715 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor comprising potassium alginate as an active ingredient. The postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor of the present invention is useful as a medicine or a food product. The present invention also provides use of potassium alginate for the manufacture of a postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method for inhibiting postprandial GIP secretion, which comprises administering potassium alginate to a subject in need thereof or causing a subject in need thereof to consume potassium alginate.