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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Hiroyuki Kimura, Saga, JP;
Takeshi Yamauchi, Shiga, JP;
Tomomi Ueno, Saga, JP;
Toshimi Suzuki, Saga, JP;
Kentaro Tadano, Saga, JP;
Ikutaro Sato, Saga, JP;
Shigeto Uchiyama, Saga, JP;
Masahiro Oono, Saitama, JP;
Masatoshi Mizuno, Shiga, JP;
Hiroyuki Kimura, Saga, JP;
Takeshi Yamauchi, Shiga, JP;
Tomomi Ueno, Saga, JP;
Toshimi Suzuki, Saga, JP;
Kentaro Tadano, Saga, JP;
Ikutaro Sato, Saga, JP;
Shigeto Uchiyama, Saga, JP;
Masahiro Oono, Saitama, JP;
Masatoshi Mizuno, Shiga, JP;
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.