SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120208783 | Medicine, Food And Drink Or Feed Containing Sphingomyelin - It is intended to find novel pharmaceutical use of sphingomyelin and to provide preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases as well as a food and drink product and feed comprising any of these agents. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent which contains sphingomyelin as an active ingredient and is any of the following agents: 1) a sialomucin secretion promoter, 2) an agent for preventing drunken sickness (hangover), 3) an antiallergic agent, 4) an antioxidant, 5) an agent for defending against infection, 6) a hair growth agent, 7) a therapeutic agent for demyelinating disease, 8) an anti-pigmentation agent, 9) an anti-inflammatory agent, and 10) an agent for improving learning ability. The present invention also provides a food and drink product or feed, characterized by comprising the agent. It is preferred that the sphingomyelin should be derived from milk. | 08-16-2012 |
20120034177 | METHOD OF WHITENING SKIN - Disclosed are: a skin whitening agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a complex of carbonic acid and/or bicarbonic acid, a metal and an LF, a decomposition product of the complex, or a complex of carbonic acid and/or bicarbonic acid, a metal and a decomposition product of an LF; and a food, beverage, feed or cosmetic comprising the skin whitening agent. The skin whitening agent can be ingested safely on a daily basis, and exhibits an excellent skin whitening effect. | 02-09-2012 |
20110171317 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING ACCUMULATION OF VISCERAL FAT - Disclosed is: a visceral fat accumulation inhibitor or a food or drink for inhibiting the accumulation of a visceral fat, which composes a fat globule membrane component as an active ingredient; or a agent or food or drink for promoting the increase in the blood adiponection level and/or inhibiting the decrease in the blood adiponection level, which composes a fat globule membrane component as an active ingredient. A fat globule membrane component can inhibit the accumulation of a visceral fat, and/or can promote the increase in or inhibit the decrease in the blood adiponection level. | 07-14-2011 |
20110165139 | GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION STIMULATOR - Provided are: an agent for promoting growth hormone-secretion, containing a milk-derived basic protein fraction as an active ingredient, with the promotion of growth hormone-secretion being mediated by the promotion of secretion of ghrelin having an effect for promoting growth hormone-secretion; and a method of promoting the secretion of ghrelin by using a milk-derived basic protein fraction. The agent for promoting growth hormone-secretion may be ingested on a daily basis and is highly safe even with its ingestion for a long period. | 07-07-2011 |
20110124606 | SENSE-IMPROVING AGENT - Disclosed are: a sense-improving agent which comprises, as an active ingredient, a phospholipid or a sphingosine-containing phospholipid and/or a derivative thereof, particularly a sphingomyelin, and which has an effect of improving the dulling of senses at a periphery when ingested orally or directly applied to the skin; and a sense-improving food, beverage, feed or cosmetic comprising the sense-improving agent. The phospholipid to be used may be a chemically synthesized phospholipid or a naturally occurring phospholipid, preferably a phospholipid derived from an edible material such as soybean and egg yolk, particularly preferably a phospholipid derived from milk. | 05-26-2011 |
20110065670 | Skin Beautifier - A skin beautifier contains sphingomyelin, which is a phospholipid, as an effective ingredient. In addition, skin-beautifying food or feed contains sphingomyelin as an effective ingredient. The present invention provides a skin beautifier and skin-beautifying food or feed supplying effects on beauty, such as skin-moisturizing and protecting effects, skin-roughness-preventing and improving effects, and a wrinkle-preventing effect, by oral ingestion thereof. | 03-17-2011 |
20110039287 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN - A determination method quantifies a specific protein or peptide contained in a trace amount with high accuracy and in a simple manner without the need of using any expensive reagent. A protein or peptide of interest can be quantified by LC/MS/MS by using, as an internal standard, a protein or peptide including an amino acid sequence having the reshuffling the binding order of amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence for the protein or peptide of interest. | 02-17-2011 |
20110020389 | AGENTS FOR PROMOTING SECRETION AND/OR SUPPRESSING DECREASE OF ADIPONECTIN - To provide an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and an eating and drinking product and a feed promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin. Provided are an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and a eating and drinking product and a feed promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, having as an active component a culture supernatant of | 01-27-2011 |
20110008875 | MICROORGANISM-PROTECTING AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FROZEN OR LYOPHILIZED MICROBIAL CELL - The present invention provides a method of preparing frozen or lyophilized microbial cells which can inhibit damages or death of microbial cells and have high viabilities in freezing or lyophilizing process. | 01-13-2011 |
20100323064 | Agent For Improving Viability of Lactic Acid Bacteria - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel agent for improving the viability of lactic acid bacteria, which has an excellent effect on the improvement of the viability of lactic acid bacteria in the product, has no adverse effect on the flavor of the product and requires less production cost. An agent for improving the viability of lactic acid bacteria characterized by using manganese as an effective ingredient. A manganese-containing material may be used as manganese. Manganese is preferably formulated at 5 μg/100 g or more in the final product. | 12-23-2010 |
20100316621 | PROPHYLATIC AGENT FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - Provided is a prophylactic agent for an autoimmune disease, including a fraction of a milk-derived basic protein, lactoperoxidase, and lactoferrin as active ingredients. The agent can be taken on a daily basis, and even if it is taken over a long period of time, its safety is high, and hence, an autoimmune disease such as type I diabetes mellitus or rheumatoid arthritis, which could not be effectively prevented or treated by a conventional method, can be prevented. | 12-16-2010 |
20100298228 | BONE-REINFORCING FOOD MATERIAL - Disclosed is a bone-reinforcing agent which comprises a milk protein fraction having the following properties (1) to (4): (1) the milk protein fraction is derived from milk; (2) the milk protein fraction is a fraction containing a protein component having a molecular weight of 6,000 to 150,000 Daltons; (3) the milk protein fraction has a basic amino acid content of 12 to 14 wt % in the constitutional amino acid composition, and the ratio of the amount of a basic amino acid(s) to the amount of an acidic amino acid(s) is 0.5 to 0.7; and (4) the milk protein fraction has an activity of accelerating the calcification in an osteoblast. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298204 | FOOD MATERIAL FOR PROMOTING THE DIFFERENTIATION OF OSTEOBLAST AND INHIBITING THE DIFFERENTIATION OF OSTEOCLAST - Disclosed is an osteoblast differentiation promoting and osteoclast differentiation inhibiting agent which comprises a milk protein fraction having the following characteristics (1) to (4): (1) the milk protein fraction is derived from milk; (2) the milk protein fraction is a fraction containing a protein component having a molecular weight of 75,000 to 85,000 Daltons; (3) the milk protein fraction has a basic amino acid content of 13 to 15 wt % in the constitutional amino acid composition, and has a basic amino acid/acidic amino acid of 0.5 to 0.7; and (4) the milk protein fraction has an osteoblast differentiation promoting effect and an osteoclast differentiation inhibiting. | 11-25-2010 |
20100279985 | LIVER FUNCTION-PROTECTING AGENT - Disclosed is a liver function-protecting agent which comprises a phospholipid as an active ingredient, and which can exhibit an excellent prophylactic and ameliorating effect on the deterioration in the liver function when ingested orally. Also disclosed is a liver function-protecting food, beverage or feed. The phospholipid is preferably one derived from milk or a milk material. Alternatively, the phospholipid may be used in the form of a phospholipid-containing composition prepared from milk or a milk material and containing the phospholipid in an amount of 10 wt % or more relative to the total solid content. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278794 | AGENT FOR PROMOTING THE SECRETION OF AND/OR SUPPRESSING DECREASE OF ADIPONECTIN - An agent for promoting the secretion of adiponectin and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, a food or beverage for promoting the secretion of adiponectin and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and a feed, each of which comprises a culture supernatant of | 11-04-2010 |
20100261883 | BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORY FOOD MATERIAL FOR INHIBITING BONE RESORPTION - A milk protein fraction having following properties (1) to (4) is excellent in bone resorption inhibitory effect, and is useful for preventing or treating bone diseases:
| 10-14-2010 |
20100234296 | FOOD MATERIAL FOR INHIBITING OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS - Disclosed is an osteoclastogenesis inhibitory agent which comprises a milk protein fraction having the following properties (1) to (4) and the agent is excellent in an osteoclastogenesis inhibitory effect and useful for preventing or treating bone diseases:
| 09-16-2010 |
20100215767 | SKIN WHITENING AGENT - Disclosed are: a skin whitening agent including, as an active ingredient, a complex of carbonic acid and/or bicarbonic acid, a metal and an LF, a decomposition product of the complex, or a complex of carbonic acid and/or bicarbonic acid, a metal and a decomposition product of an LF; and a food, beverage, feed or cosmetic including the skin whitening agent. The skin whitening agent can be ingested safely on a daily basis, and exhibits an excellent skin whitening effect. | 08-26-2010 |
20100197638 | Skin Beautifying Agent - The present invention aims to provide a skin-beautifying agent, food, beverage, or feed for skin-beautification which has cosmetic effects such as moisturizing and beautifying the skin as well as preventing skin roughness and wrinkles by oral intake. The present invention further aims to provide a skin-beautifying agent containing a milk-derived phospholipid as an effective ingredient, and to provide food, beverage, or feed for skin-beautification containing the skin-beautifying agent. The milk-derived phospholipid is preferably a composition prepared from milk or milk material containing 40 to 70% by weight of lipid in a total solid content and containing 30% or more by weight of milk-derived phospholipid. | 08-05-2010 |
20100135941 | SKIN-WHITENING AGENT - A skin-whitening agent offering an excellent whitening effect and being effective in preventing and treating age spots, freckles, etc., where such skin-whitening agent contains as its effective ingredient a whey protein hydrolyzate characterized by a molecular weight distribution of 10 kDa or less, main peak of 200 Da to 3 kDa, APL (average peptide-chain length) of 2 to 8, free amino acid content of 20% or less, and antigenicity of one-ten thousandth of β-lactoglobulin or less, as well as a cosmetic, drink or food, feed, pharmaceutical preparation or other skin-whitening product containing such skin-whitening agent. | 06-03-2010 |
20100129333 | ANTI-FATTY LIVER AGENT - Disclosed is an anti-fatty liver agent comprising a cell and/or a culture obtained by culturing a lactic acid bacterium belonging to | 05-27-2010 |
20100099848 | RANKL PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - The production of RANKL may be inhibited by orally ingesting a milk-derived basic protein. Thus, a RANKL production inhibitor containing a milk-derived basic protein fraction as an active ingredient; a therapeutic agent for a metabolic bone disease and a therapeutic agent for an immune disease each containing the RANKL production inhibitor; and a food/beverage and a feed each containing a specified amount of the RANKL production inhibitor and being characterized by inhibiting the production of RANKL have a remarkable effect of inhibiting the production of RANKL, can be ingested on a daily basis, and exhibit high safety even when being ingested over a long period. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098820 | Fresh Cheese And Process For Producing The Same - The present invention provides fresh cheese that is significantly reduced in deterioration of taste or flavor and deterioration of texture and has excellent keeping quality, and a process for producing the same. | 04-22-2010 |
20100048928 | Medicine, Food and Drink or Feed Containing Sphingomyelin - It is intended to find novel pharmaceutical use of sphingomyelin and to provide preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases as well as a food and drink product and feed comprising any of these agents. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent which contains sphingomyelin as an active ingredient and is any of the following agents: 1) a sialomucin secretion promoter, 2) an agent for preventing drunken sickness (hangover), 3) an antiallergic agent, 4) an antioxidant, 5) an agent for defending against infection, 6) a hair growth agent, 7) a therapeutic agent for demyelinating disease, 8) an anti-pigmentation agent, 9) an anti-inflammatory agent, and 10) an agent for improving learning ability. The present invention also provides a food and drink product or feed, characterized by comprising the agent. It is preferred that the sphingomyelin should be derived from milk. | 02-25-2010 |
20100048493 | METHOD OF ADMINISTERING ORAL FLORA-IMPROVING AGENT, ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AND GROWTH PROMOTER - It is intended to provide an oral flora-improving agent capable of forming a favorable flora in the oral cavity and a food or a drink for improving the oral flora. An oral flora-improving agent containing as an active ingredient a ganglioside and a food, a drink, or a feed for improving the oral flora containing the ganglioside exhibit an antibacterial effect on harmful bacteria in the oral cavity, which are undesirable from the viewpoint of decay and diseases such as periodontal disease, and a growth-improving effect on useful bacteria to be preserved in the oral cavity. Further, the ganglioside is efficaciously used as an active ingredient in an antibacterial agent or an antibacterial drink, food, or feed, a growth promoter, or a food, a drink, or a feed for promoting growth. | 02-25-2010 |
20100035819 | METHOD OF PROMOTING SKIN COLLAGEN PRODUCTION - It is intended to provide a skin collagen production promoter, foods and drinks for promoting skin collagen production and cosmetics for promoting skin collagen production which are useful in preventing skin chapping, wrinkles, worsening in skin fitness, etc. Namely, a skin collagen production promoter, foods and drinks for promoting skin collagen production and cosmetics for promoting skin collagen production which contain as the active ingredient(s) a milk-origin basic protein fraction and/or a basic peptide fraction obtained by digesting the above-described basic protein fraction with a protein digesting enzyme such as pepsin or pancreatin. The above basic protein fraction and basic peptide fraction have an effect of increasing skin collagen level. | 02-11-2010 |
20100021445 | AGENT FOR REDUCING VISCERAL FAT - Provide a visceral fat reducing agent for reducing the diseases and conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome which represents a condition where various risk factors such as those for hypertension, hyperlipemia, glucose tolerance dysfunction, etc., have accumulated, or simply reducing an accumulation of visceral fat, wherein the effective ingredient of said visceral fat reducing agent includes fungus bodies of lactic bacteria, especially lactic bacteria belonging to the | 01-28-2010 |
20100021444 | BLOOD-ADIPONECTIN-CONCENTRATION INCREASE-ACCELERATOR AND/OR DECREASE-INHIBITOR THEREOF AND VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is an agent for accelerating the increase in and/or preventing the decrease in the blood adiponectin level, or a food, beverage or animal feed for accelerating the increase in and/or preventing the decrease in the blood adiponectin level, which comprises a culture or cell of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus | 01-28-2010 |
20090317892 | ENHANCER OF PROLIFERATION OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, AND AGENT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SURVIVABILITY OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM - A dead cell of a lactic acid bacterium or a culture containing the dead cell of a lactic acid bacterium is added to the dairy products such as yogurt, cheese, milk beverage or the like in an amount of 0.001 wt % or more in dry weight of the dead cell, therefore, it is possible to enhance the growth of a lactic acid bacterium, to shorten the time required for fermentation, and to improve the viability of a lactic acid bacterium during storage over a long period, without affecting the flavor or production cost of the dairy product. | 12-24-2009 |
20090258131 | PROCESS CHEESE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provide process cheese having an appropriate level of viscosity required in the manufacturing process when cheese is heated and melted, while also maintaining good physical properties, flavor, texture, meltability in mouth and storage stability of cheese product after cooling, through blending of starting cheese material that has been heated to a high temperature of 110° C. or above by 1 to 50 percent by weight relative to process cheese starting materials. | 10-15-2009 |
20090176693 | AGENT FOR MAINTAINING THE HARDNESS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE - Provided are an agent for maintaining hardness of tooth substances and a food or drink for maintaining the hardness of tooth substances, both of which include lactoferrin and iron-lactoferrin as an active ingredient. Lactoferrin and iron-lactoferrin suppress decalcification of enamel by use or ingestion thereof, and hence is effective for the prevention of dental caries. | 07-09-2009 |
20090081315 | IRON COMPOSITION CONTAINING MILK PROTEIN - There are provided an iron composition including a milk protein and an iron preparation, which is stable in the presence of a substance having a property of releasing iron from the composition or reducing the released iron, and foods or drinks, animal feeds, and medicines blended with the iron composition. A milk protein such as skim milk is blended into an iron preparation, thereby producing the iron composition which is stable in the presence of a substance having a property of releasing iron from the composition or reducing the released iron (e.g., vitamin C or citric acid). | 03-26-2009 |
20090069217 | Nutrient composition - Provided is a nutrient composition for promoting collagen production, which contains vitamin C, an iron preparation, and collagen as active ingredients, promotes collagen production in a living body such as skin or bone, prevents or treats skin aging or bone and joint diseases, and is an iron preparation-containing composition having stability imparted thereto. Also provided are a food or beverage, a feed, and a medicine each containing the nutrient composition incorporated therein. | 03-12-2009 |
20080206226 | AGENT FOR PROMOTING OSTEOGENESIS AND/OR INHIBITING BONE RESORPTION - Provided is a novel agent for promoting osteogenesis and/or inhibiting bone resorption, which: can be directly taken from daily meals by mouth for long periods without any trouble in taste; directly impart a promoting effect on osteogenesis and an inhibiting effect on bone resorption to the bone; and can be expected to have therapeutic effects for preventing or ameliorating/treating various bone diseases. The above agent includes, as an active ingredient, any one or more of β | 08-28-2008 |