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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Takayuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukio Nihei, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Yamakado, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Takamatsu, Mitaka, JP;
Eiko Takahashi, Mitaka, JP;
Norio Sasamori, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukio Nihei, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Yamakado, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Takamatsu, Mitaka, JP;
Eiko Takahashi, Mitaka, JP;
Norio Sasamori, Tokyo, JP;
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the method of evaluating stress of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and a stress state including at least depressive illness and major depressive illness in the subject is evaluated based on the concentration value of at least one of Lys, His, ABA, Asn, Phe, Leu, Ile, Val, Trp, Tyr and Met contained in the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject.