| NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120100550 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS PATHWAY OF MICROORGANISM, AND PCR PRIMER SET FOR USE IN THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method for determining the fatty acid synthesis pathway of a microorganism. Specifically disclosed is a method for determining the fatty acid synthesis pathway of a microorganism, which is characterized by producing degenerate primers for a fatty acid synthesis-related enzyme gene and determining the presence or absence of the fatty acid synthesis-related gene in the genome gene extracted from the microorganism using the degenerate primers. The sequences for degenerate primers for C20-elongase gene, which is a fatty acid synthesis-related enzyme gene, are ATHGARTWYTKBRTITTYGTICA (SEQ ID NO:1) and TARTRISWRTACATIADIAMRTG (SEQ ID NO:2), and the sequences for degenerate primers for ?4-desaturase gene are GGNCAYCAYCMITAYACNAA (SEQ ID NO:3) and TCDATYTGRTGIBWIARNCC (SEQ ID NO:4). The microorganism is one belonging to the class Labyrinthulea. Also specifically disclosed is a PCR primer set for use in the determination method. The method is useful as a method for screening a microorganism capable of synthesizing a fatty acid. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120076897 | FEED FOR FISH FARMING | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120064196 | MINCED FISH MEAT AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF MINCED FISH MEAT - The purpose of the present technology is to provide a frozen minced fish meat of high quality while effectively using a natural resource. During production of minced fish meat, after removal of the head, guts, and kidney tissue (kidneys), meat is harvested to produce a minced fish meat characterized in that gelation strength is not lowered. Specifically, this production method includes as essential steps a step of washing the fish body; a step of removing the head, guts, and kidney tissue; a washing step; and a meat harvesting step. Protease specific activity of the minced fish meat, as measured by the peptide quantitative analysis method using phenol test solution, is less than or equal to 0.001. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120055412 | FEEDING METHOD AND FEEDING SYSTEM FOR FARMED FISH - A method for feeding farmed fish by using au automatic feeder ( | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120035181 | ANTIPARASITIC AGENT FOR FISH AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROLIFERATION OF FISH PARASITES - A method of controlling proliferation of fish parasites comprising the administration of 1 to 50 mg/kg fish body weight/day of an inhibitor of folate synthesis and/or an inhibitor of folate activation to fish continuously for 1 to 2 weeks. Using a combination preparation composed of an inhibitor of folate synthesis and an inhibitor of folate activation is preferable, and a sulfonamide is preferable for the inhibitor of folate synthesis. A dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, a folate antagonist, etc., can be used as the inhibitor of folate activation. The antiparasitic agent is able to exterminate fish parasites via oral administration. It is particularly effective against parasites belonging to the ciliate group among fish parasites. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120022153 | TRICYCLIC CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, PROCESS OF PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF - A novel compound derived from the culture product of an actinomycete and having an antitumor activity is provided. Provided is a compound represented by any one of formulas (I), (II) and (III) | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110244485 | ANTI-TUNA VASA ANTIBODY - An object of the present invention is to provide a means for distinguishing between a germ cell derived from a donor (tuna) and a germ cell derived from a recipient in a method for inducing differentiation of a tuna germ cell, wherein a primordial germ cell derived from the tuna is transplanted into an early embryo of the heterologous recipient fish. The present inventors compared a Vasa amino acid sequence of bluefin tuna with those of other fish (black skipjack, skipjack, chub mackerel, blue mackerel, round frigate mackerel and frigate mackerel), identified amino acid sequence regions specific to bluefin tuna, and, by using the amino acid sequences specific to bluefin tuna as antigens, successfully produced monoclonal antibodies specifically recognizing primordial germ cells, spermatogonia, oogonia or oocytes derived from bluefin tuna, thus accomplishing the present invention. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110189760 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDS - The present invention relates to a method for efficiently extracting and producing lipid components from crustaceans. A method for producing lipids, characterized by obtaining a squeezed liquid by squeezing a whole crustacean or a part thereof, heating the squeezed liquid to a temperature at which proteins contained in the squeezed liquid coagulate, carrying out solid-liquid separation so as to separate the heated squeezed liquid into a solid component that contains lipid components and an aqueous component that contains water-soluble components, washing the resulting solid containing lipids or a dried product thereof with water, dehydrating and/or drying, and then extracting lipids from the solid containing lipids or the dried product thereof. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189374 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING LIPIDS - As a method for an efficient concentration of lipid components from food materials, a method for concentrating lipids contained in a crustacean, which comprises heating squeezed liquid prepared by squeezing the whole crustacean or a part thereof and separating the heated squeezed liquid into solids containing lipid components and liquid containing water-soluble components. Those are useful as the method by which lipids abundantly containing the phospholipid are prepared easily and at a low cost. Furthermore, the solids containing the lipids prepared by said method or a dried product thereof, lipids extracted therefrom and a composition abundantly containing the useful lipids derived from crustaceans are useful as materials for pharmaceuticals, ingredients for foods or feed, etc. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110129587 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURIMI AND PASTE PRODUCT FROM FISH MEAT CONTAINING KIDNEY - According to a method for producing a surimi by adding a protease inhibitor when producing a surimi from fish meat that contains kidney or tissue thereof, such as backbone meat, that is left over when using a filleting and deboning method to extract fillets from fish from which the head and internal organs have been removed, it is possible to produce a surimi and a paste product having stable quality from backbone meat obtained as a residue when producing fillets. The protease inhibitor is preferably a cysteine protease inhibitor. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110064861 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER AND FOOD OR DRINK CONTAINING THE SAME - It is possible to provide an excellent salty taste enhancer that can compensate for insufficient salty taste when attempting to reduce the salt content of food. A salty taste enhancer obtained by adding a glutamic acid, containing dipeptide, specifically, Glu-Ala, Glu-Arg, Glu-Asn, Glu-Asp, Glu-Gln, Glu-Glu, Glu-Gly, Glu-His, Glu-Ile, Glu-Leu, Glu-Lys, Glu-Pro, Glu-Ser, Glu-Thr, Glu-Trp, Glu-Tyr, Glu-Val, Arg-Glu, Asn-Glu, Asp-Glu, Gln-Glu, His-Glu, Pro-Glu, Ser-Glu, Thr-Glu or Trp-Glu to an enzymatic decomposition product of a protein material and/or a basic amino acid, especially arginine. A method for producing these salty taste enhancers, a method for enhancing a salty taste by using these salty taste enhancers, and a food or drink that contains these salty taste enhancers. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110027451 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER AND FOOD OR DRINK CONTAINING SAME - It is possible to provide an excellent salty taste enhancer is provided that can compensate for insufficient salty taste when attempting to reduce salt content in a food. A salty taste enhancer consisting of a mixture of an enzymatic decomposition product of an animal protein and an enzymatic decomposition product of a plant protein. A salty taste enhancer in which the enzymatic decomposition products are treated with a protein-hydrolyzing enzyme and/or a nucleic acid-hydrolyzing enzyme. A salty taste enhancer in which the animal protein is a fish or shellfish extract and the plant protein is a soy bean protein. A salty taste enhancer in which a basic amino acid, and especially arginine, is further added to the salty taste enhancer. A salty taste enhancer to which potassium chloride is further added. A salty taste enhancer obtained by rendering the salty taste enhancer mildly acidic. A method for producing these salty taste enhancers, a method for enhancing a salty taste by using these salty taste enhancers, and a food or drink that contains these salty taste enhancers. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20100311759 | ANTIPARASITIC AGENT FOR FISH AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROLIFERATION OF FISH PARASITES - An antiparasitic agent for fish containing an inhibitor of folate synthesis and/or an inhibitor of folate activation as the active substance(s). A combination preparation composed of an inhibitor of folate synthesis and an inhibitor of folate activation is preferable, and a sulfonamide is preferable for the inhibitor of folate synthesis. A dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, a folate antagonist, etc., can be used as the inhibitor of folate activation. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100217021 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGHLY PURIFIED ORANGE ROUGHY OIL - An object of the present invention is to provide a more simplified and more efficient process for producing a highly purified orange roughy oil having high storage stability. The present invention provides a process for producing a highly purified orange roughy oil substantially free of a polyunsaturated fatty acid ester having 4 to 6 double bonds, and having a saponification value of 98 to 113 and an iodine value of 73 to 89, comprising washing with an alkaline aqueous solution to remove a free fatty acid; hydrogenating with a catalyst to reduce a polyunsaturated fatty acid ester; and purifying by treatment with an adsorbent. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100190220 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPA-ENRICHED OIL AND DHA-ENRICHED OIL - Alcoholysis of oils and fats containing EPA and DHA is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 18 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; then the glyceride fraction is separated; alcoholysis of the glyceride fraction is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 20 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; and EPA-enriched oil and DHA-enriched oil are simultaneously obtained. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100136188 | FROZEN NON-WATER-WASHED OR WATER-WASHED AT LOW LEVEL MINCED FISH MEAT - Providing a frozen non-water-washed or water-washed at low level fish meat with suppressed freezing denaturation, from a fish species generally never used without water-wash. Biological iron, iron-containing substances and/or biological reducing substances in the fish meat are oxidized. A frozen non-water-washed or water-washed at low level fish meat made from minced fish meat or the dehydrated minced fish meat, where one or more cryoprotectants have been added and the decomposition of trimethylamine-N-oxide is suppressed through oxidation. Preferably, the fish meat is put in contact to oxygen under agitation of the fish meat, to thereby suppress trimethylamine-N-oxide decomposition, to which are added cryoprotectants for freezing. A frozen product of non-water-washed or water-washed at low level fish meat, where salts have been added for such agitation, followed by agitation. A fish paste product from the frozen product as the raw material. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100132056 | Germ Cell Marker Using Fish Vasa Gene - In order to examine whether or not a germ cell derived from a donor fish, which has been transplanted into a recipient fish of a different species by a surrogate fish technique, grows or matures in the gonad of the recipient fish, it is necessary to use, as an indicator, a trait that is specifically expressed in the germ cell and can be used to distinguish the recipient fish from the donor fish. Vasa gene, which is a germ cell-specific gene, is specific to a primordial germ cell and a spermatogonium/an oogonium, and it is not expressed in a somatic cell. In the present invention, the Vasa gene sequences of a tuna, a chub mackerel, a spotted mackerel, an eastern little tuna, and a drumfish are determined, and the expression of such gene is used as a marker for a germ cell. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to specifically detect only a tuna Vasa gene in Vasa gene sequences that are highly conserved in fishes, without sequencing. Thus, a tuna-derived germ cell can be reliably and simply identified in the gonad of the recipient fish. As a result, the growth or breeding of tuna can be carried out with good efficiency. Moreover, utilizing the aforementioned findings, even in a case in which not only a tuna but also another Perciformes fish is used as a donor, a germ cell derived from the donor fish can be efficiently detected from the gonad of a recipient fish of a different species. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100099901 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE CONTENT OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID IN FAT-CONTAINING MATERIALS OR IN FATS AND OILS - [PROBLEMS] To provide a fat-and-oil in which the content of docosahexaenoic acid is increased. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090176284 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CONCENTRATED POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID OIL - The present invention provides a process for concentrated PUFA oil, characterized in that alcoholysis reaction using lipase is carried out in the presence of a small amount of water and at least one compound as an additive selected from magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide, and then separation is conducted to obtain a glyceride fraction. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090136649 | PROTEIN HAVING ICE NUCLEATION ACTIVITY - A crustacean-derived protein, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, displays a non-reduced band of a molecular weight of about 200,000, displays reduced-form bands at about 86,000 and 90,000 molecular weights, and has N-terminal amino acids as indicated by SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 2. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090054626 | CRUSTACEAN-DERIVED PROTEIN HAVING ANTIFREEZE ACTIVITY - A crustacean-derived protein having antifreeze activity which under reduced conditions has a molecular weight, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)—polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, of about 37,000, about 16,000, and/or about 15,400; and the N-terminal amino acids are indicated by SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 2. | 02-26-2009 |
