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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Tominaga, Takasago, JP;
Shinichi Yokota, Takasago, JP;
Hozumi Tanaka, Takasago, JP;
Hideyuki Kishida, Takasago, JP;
Masayasu Kitagawa, Takasago, JP;
Hiroshi Tachi, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ota, Iwate, JP;
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a DPP-4 inhibitor that is obtained by using a food as a raw material and that is suitable for oral ingestion from the viewpoints of flavor and absorbability, and a composition for the prevention and/or amelioration of diabetes which contains the DPP-4 inhibitor. The present invention provides a DPP-4 inhibitor obtained by treating an azuki bean or a kidney bean with a microorganism or a proteolytic enzyme produced by the microorganism. In particular, a preferable DPP-4 inhibitor can be obtained by hydrolyzing an azuki bean with a koji mold or a proteolytic enzyme derived from the koji mold to fragment a protein in the azuki bean.