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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150284733 | PROTEIN HAVING GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - Provided is DNA of biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as potato. Provided are a protein having activity on a biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant such as potato, and a method of creating and assaying a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein. | 10-08-2015 |
20150074857 | PLANT HAVING SUPPRESSED EXPRESSION OF GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME GENE OR ALTERED ACTIVITY OF THE ENZYME - Provided are the DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) such as potato, solanaceous plants producing no glycoalkaloids, and a method of producing a cultivar with a reduced risk of accumulating glycoalkaloids, which involves crossing plants in which the expression of an oxidase gene involved in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis is suppressed or the activity of the enzyme is lowered, as mother plants, and screening progeny resulting from the crossing. | 03-12-2015 |
20150052635 | GENE ENCODING ENZYME THAT REDUCES POSITION 24 OF STEROID SKELETON AND PLANT IN WHICH EXPRESSION LEVEL OF THE GENE IS LOWERED - This invention provides a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae that does not produce cholesterols, including glycoalkaloids. This invention concerns a protein having activity of an enzyme that reduces position 24 of the steroid skeleton of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, a novel plant in which a gene encoding such protein is suppressed, and a method for producing and testing such plant. | 02-19-2015 |
20140342390 | TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE FLUORESCENT PROBE FOR INTRODUCTION INTO CELL - There is provided a method for introducing a temperature-sensitive probe comprising a copolymer, which comprises a thermoresponsive unit and a fluorescent unit, into a cell, and the method using the copolymer further comprising a cationic unit as the temperature-sensitive probe, and the method comprising the step of mixing the copolymer with the cell in a solvent. The copolymer can be preferably used as a fluorescence temperature sensor which measures intracellular temperature since the copolymer has a cationic group and thus enters into a cell without using a special method. | 11-20-2014 |
20140234379 | AGENT FOR INDUCING INTERFERON PRODUCTION CONTAINING LACTIC ACID BACTERIA - This invention provides an IFN inducer comprising, as an active ingredient, lactic acid bacteria and capable of inducing IFN production, an immunopotentiating agent or prophylactic agent against virus infection comprising such inducer, and a food or drink product comprising such IFN inducer and having IFN-inducing activity, immunopotentiating activity, or prophylactic activity against virus infection. The agent for inducing IFN production comprises, as active ingredients, lactic acid bacteria that can activate plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) and promote IFN production, such as | 08-21-2014 |
20130324563 | METHOD OF INTENSIFYING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF CAFFEINE - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a method for safely and effectively enhancing the physiological action of caffeine even from a low intake of caffeine, when utilized various types of a physiological action of a caffeine which involve stimulation of the central nerve to promote mental function; and a composition for improving physiological function, which comprises, as an active ingredient, the caffeine whose physiological action has been enhanced. As a means to solve the above-mentioned object, the physiological action of caffeine is enhanced by combining caffeine with ornithine or a salt thereof. In addition, the ornithine or a salt thereof in an amount equivalent to 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of free ornithine based on 1 part by weight of the caffeine is mixed with caffeine, as an agent for enhancing the physiological action of caffeine, thereby providing a composition for improving a physiological function comprising caffeine as an active ingredient. The improvement of a physiological function by caffeine in the present invention is the improvement of a physiological function by mental fatigue-reducing action, drowsiness-preventing action, or concentration-maintaining action. | 12-05-2013 |
20130167271 | PROTEIN HAVING GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein. | 06-27-2013 |
20130030054 | HIGHLY FLAVORED ORNITHINE-CONTAINING ALCOHOL-FREE MALT BEVERAGE - An object of the present invention is to provide an ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage which is provided with health functions of ornithine imparted to an alcoholic beverage-flavored alcohol-free malt beverage containing substantially no alcohol component and which retains an excellent flavor of the alcohol-free malt beverage, and to provide a method for producing the same. The ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage of the present invention is produced using ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate in combination as ornithine raw materials. For this production, 20% or more by weight of ornithine hydrochloride in terms of ornithine is used with respect to the total weight of ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate in terms of ornithine. The ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage thus produced is provided with health functions of ornithine and retains an excellent flavor of an alcohol-free malt beverage. In this way, the object can be attained. In the present invention, an organic acid, in addition to ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate, may be added to adjust the pH value of the product. Examples of the added organic acid include one or more organic acids selected from malic acid, gluconic acid and phytic acid. | 01-31-2013 |
20120270950 | ALKALINE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT OF HOP EXTRACT AND USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, there are provided a food and a food additive obtained using an alkaline decomposition product of a hop extract, and an agent for suppressing fat accumulation or for suppressing weight gain comprising the same as an active ingredient. | 10-25-2012 |
20120159676 | PROTEIN HAVING GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein. | 06-21-2012 |
20120141455 | INSOLUBLE DIETARY FIBER-CONTAINING MATERIALS DERIVED FROM CEREAL SEEDS - This invention provides a product safe for treating, improving or preventing an inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis, and provides a product comprising an insoluble dietary fiber obtained by enzymatic treatment of seeds of a grain plant(s) or germinated young seeds thereof, as well as a food or drink or medicament comprising the product. | 06-07-2012 |
20120128802 | BITTERNESS SUPPRESSANT - The present invention relates to a bitterness suppressant derived from a juice of a stone fruit, and more specifically to a bitterness suppressant characterized by being derived from a juice of a stone fruit wherein a low molecular weight saccharide has been removed. | 05-24-2012 |
20120110703 | PROTEIN HAVING NOVEL PRENYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - This invention provides DNAs of a prenyltransferase derived from a hop ( | 05-03-2012 |
20110307975 | METHOD FOR DIVIDING SOMATIC EMBRYO MASS - The present invention relates to a method for inducing a single somatic embryo, which comprises physically dividing a plant somatic embryo mass, and to a method for mass-propagation of a plant comprising inducing a large number of single somatic embryos from a somatic embryo mass according to the above method and germinating the somatic embryos. | 12-15-2011 |
20110262571 | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME INHIBITING SUBSTANCE CONTAINING INSOLUBLE DIETARY FIBER FROM SEED OF GRAIN PLANT - The present invention provides an irritable bowel syndrome-inhibiting substance containing insoluble dietary fiber, which is obtained by enzymatically treating the seeds of a grain plant or young germinated seeds thereof, and a food or drink or a medicament that contains the substance and has effects of inhibiting irritable bowel syndrome. | 10-27-2011 |
20100031393 | NOVEL PROTEIN HAVING ACYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - This invention provides a means for obtaining flowering plants with a novel flower color, and a method for producing a plant having petals with a novel flower color by use of a novel acyltransferase protein and the gene encoding the same. | 02-04-2010 |
20100008877 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION - This invention relates to a composition for improving skin conditions comprising, as an active ingredient, a yeast cell wall fraction obtained by removing soluble intracellular component from an enzymatically treated and/or non-enzymatically treated yeast. The composition of this invention is effective for improving skin conditions, such as, moistening, whitening, or active oxygen elimination. | 01-14-2010 |
20090188430 | Film Forming Apparatus, Matching Device, and Impedance Control Method - The present invention realizes an impedance control for avoiding the extinction of a plasma caused due to a sudden change in a load impedance, which may occur immediately after the plasma is generated. A film-forming apparatus of the present invention includes a power supply; a matching circuit; an electrode configured to receive electric power from the power supply through the matching circuit, and to generate a plasma inside a film forming chamber for accommodating a film forming target based on the electric power; and a control section configured to control an impedance of the matching circuit. The control section keeps the impedance of the matching circuit constant during a first period starting at a first time t | 07-30-2009 |
20090186142 | INCLUSION COMPOUND OF ISOHUMULONES AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an inclusion compound in which isohumulones are included in γ-cyclodextrin (CD). According to the present invention, there is provided an inclusion compound of isohumulones which is obtainable by mixing isohumulones, γ-cyclodextrin (γCD) and an aqueous solvent in a ratio of isohumulones:γCD:aqueous solvent=1:5 to 25:20 to 112.5, where γCD aqueous solvent=1:4 to 9. | 07-23-2009 |