PHARMACOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF WATER-SOLUBLE EXTRACT OF EUPHAUSIACEA

• Main Authors: YANO AKIRA, SUGIYAMA IKUMI, SAZUKA YASUYUKI, YAMADA HIDETOSHI, MIYASHITA SORAKO, UEDA TOMOHIRO, KIKUCHI AKIKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.08.2012
• 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 the pharmacological application of a new component included in Euphausiacea.SOLUTION: As the new pharmacological application of a component included in the Euphausiacea, an anti-obesity agent including the water-soluble extract of the Euphausiacea as an active ingredient can be provided. Its anti-obesity effect is, e.g., based on the expression inhibitory action of PPARγ genes, the expression inhibitory action of C/EBPα genes, the fat accumulation inhibitory action in adipocytes and the inhibitory action on a body weight gain.