AGENT FOR REDUCING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL

• Main Authors: TAKADA RYOJI, OKUBO TOSHIYUKI, YAMAMOTO REIKO, YANAI TAKAAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.05.2007
• Subjects: FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new agent for reducing a blood glucose level, capable of safely and precisely controlling the blood glucose level. SOLUTION: The agent for reducing the blood glucose level contains resveratrol as an active ingredient. The food and drink or the fodder for preventing diabetes or ameliorating the symptom contains the agent added thereto, preferably ≥0.005 wt.% resveratrol added to the food and drink. The agent for reducing the blood glucose level exhibits excellent blood glucose level-reducing activities and activities for ameliorating glucose tolerance disorder in a mouse model of type II diabetes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT