Abstract: A detergent composition for metal according to the present invention contains a specific non-ionic surfactant, a specific nitrogen-containing organic compound, a specific carboxylic acid or salt thereof, and a specific alkanol amine, and has a pH of at least 9 that is measured at 25° C. when the detergent composition is diluted to 1% by mass of an aqueous solution. According to the present invention, the detergent composition for metal having excellent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent effluent treatment properties, excellent foaming suppressing properties and excellent liquid stability in addition to high detergent properties for metal, can be provided.

Abstract: A panaxadiol-containing composition, containing: panaxadiol; and at least one of sucrose fatty acid ester and lecithin.

Abstract: A composition, including: (A) Panax notoginseng; and at least one of (B) a Piper longum extract and (C) vitamin B1, a salt thereof or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing a high sapogenin content composition, including: allowing a strong acid aqueous solution having a concentration of 0.01 mol/L to 4 mol/L to act on a saponin-containing plant, so as to perform hydrolysis treatment; neutralizing a liquid obtained by the hydrolysis treatment; filtering the liquid so as to obtain a residue; and drying the residue.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition containing lactoferrin and another component and having a prominent effect of promoting visceral lipolysis. That is, the present invention is a composition for promoting the lipolysis; a food product, a feedstuff or a pharmaceutical product including (A) lactoferrin and (B) one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of a Durvillaea extract, raspberry ketone, an artichoke leaf extract, a rosemary extract, isoflavone, a grape seed extract, a pine bark extract, a Coleus forskohlii extract, and a cacao extract. Also provided is a method of giving the effect of promoting the lipolysis to the food product or the feedstuff by adding the component (A) and the component (B) for promoting the lipolysis to the food product or the feedstuff.

Abstract: A method of producing silane-modified cationized cellulose that has excellent aqueous dispersibility, including: a step (1) of cationizing water-soluble cellulose ether in a presence of alkali in a mixed solvent of a water-compatible organic solvent to obtain slurry comprising cationized cellulose; a step (2) of adding acid to said slurry and neutralizing said alkali; a step (3) of reacting said cationized cellulose obtained after said neutralization with an aminosilane compound and a step (4) of drying the obtained slurry, wherein: drying is conducted in step (4) at 115-160° C. until weight loss on drying is 5% by weight or less, or there is also including a step (5) of adding a water-compatible organic solvent or a mixed solvent of a water-compatible organic solvent and water to the cationized cellulose after the neutralization so that water content in a whole solvent that contacts the cationized cellulose is 10% by mass or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a soil improvement agent composition which contains (A) a fatty acid polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by formula (1): R1CO (EO)m (PO)n OR2 (1) wherein R1 is a straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group having 13 to 21 carbon atoms, EO represents ethylene oxide, m is a number of 2 to 10, PO represents propylene oxide, n is a number of 1 to 4, and R2 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and (B) a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by formula (2): R3O (EO)x (PO)y H (2) wherein R3 is a straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms, EO represents ethylene oxide, x is a number of 7 to 12, PO represents propylene oxide, and y is a number of 0 to 3.

Abstract: A solid fatty acid alkyl ester sulfonate metal salt is disclosed having an endothermic peak area between 50° C. and 130° C. of 50% or more relative to the whole endothermic peak area between 0° C. and 130° C. when determined using a differential scanning calorimter. A method for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester sulfonate metal salt powder is also disclosed, including a step of pulverizing the solid fatty acid alkyl ester sulfonate metal salt in a pulverizer, with the internal temperature of the pulverizer being adjusted to 30° C. to 50° C.

Abstract: A liquid detergent composition containing (A) 10 to 70 mass % of a nonionic surfactant, (B) 1 to 15 mass % of an anionic surfactant, (C) 0.01 to 2 mass % of a protease, and (D) 0.001 to 0.1 mass % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiazole-based compounds and sulfur-containing amino acids.

Abstract: A surfactant composition for agricultural chemicals, containing fatty acid polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether expressed by the following general formula (I), R1CO(EO)m(PO)nOR2??(I) wherein the fatty acid polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether has a narrow ratio of 55% by mass or more, where the narrow ratio is expressed by the following formula (A): Narrow ratio=?i=nMAX?2i=nMAX+2Yi??(A)

Abstract: A neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, a cholesterol-level-regulating agent, a free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent or an anti-obesity agent, including: at least one of protopanaxatriol, panaxatriol, protopanaxadiol and panaxadiol which are aglycons of dammarane-type saponins and a hyperlipemia-ameliorating agent including: at least one of the neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, the cholesterol-level-regulating agent, the free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent and the anti-obesity agent.

Abstract: A water-insoluble cutting fluid base oil or grinding fluid base oil for metalworking includes a fatty acid polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by the following formula (I-A), wherein a hydroxyl value of the fatty acid polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether is less than or equal to 2.0 mgKOH/g. R1—CO—(OA)n-OR3??(I-A) (In the formula (I-A), R1 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon group having 15 to 21 carbon atoms and R3 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. In addition, A represents an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, OA represents alkylene oxide, and n represents 1 to 6 which is an average mole number of added alkylene oxide (AO).

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for soft contact lenses which enables to suppress adsorption of a basic chemical substance onto a soft contact lens. This composition for soft contact lenses comprises (A) a basic chemical substance selected from amines having a secondary amino group and/or a tertiary amino group and salts thereof, and (B) one or more substances selected from amino acids and salts thereof, acid mucopolysaccharides and salts thereof and cyclodextrin, while having a pH of 3.5 to 4.8. Also disclosed is a method for suppressing adsorption of the basic chemical substance onto a soft contact lens.

Abstract: The invention provides a polar dispersion composition containing 0.5 to 30 parts by mass of an electroconductive carbon black and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of a styrene-methoxy polyethylene glycol methacrylate copolymer, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polar dispersion composition. The composition of the invention is easy to handle as a liquid preparation, and develops sufficient electroconductivity when processed into a conductive material.

Abstract: An NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention uses maltooligosaccharide having an NK1 receptor antagonistic activity as an active ingredient. A suitable amount of the maltooligosaccharide to be blended in the NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention is 0.000001 to 70% by weight. The NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention is prepared for use into various forms of external agents, internal medicines, foods and beverages by blending various materials as the ingredients other than the active ingredient. The NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention has high safety for being used for pharmaceuticals and has satisfactory therapeutic effects.

Abstract: Disclosed are a two-agent type disinfectant composition for hard articles, which includes a first agent containing a powder mixture (A) and a second agent containing an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution (B-1), the powder mixture (A) containing an alkali metal salt (A-1) exhibiting basicity when the salt is in the form of an aqueous solution, a water-soluble copper salt (A-2), a compound (A-3) represented by the following formula (1), and a nonionic surfactant (A-4) represented by the following formula (2), and in which the molar ratio of the water-soluble copper salt (A-2) and the compound (A-3) represented by the mixing amount of (A-3)/mixing amount of (A-2) is 3.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a powder mixture containing an alkali metal salt that exhibits basicity in an aqueous solution (component (A)); at least one type of metal salt selected from the salts of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and zinc (component (B)); and a compound represented by the following general formula (1) (component (C)), including spraying and mixing an aqueous solution of metal which is an aqueous solution of the aforementioned component (B) with a powder of the aforementioned component (A), and then mixing a powder of the aforementioned component (C) therewith.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sterilization auxiliary for ozone sterilization which is an aqueous solution including a Component (A) of an aluminum compound which produces aluminum ions in an aqueous solution, and a Component (B) of one or more of acids selected from phosphoric acid, citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, gluconic acid, lactic acid, and L-tartaric acid, wherein the pH of the aqueous solution is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than 5.0, and an ozone sterilization method for ozone-treating a substance to be treated using the sterilization auxiliary. According to the present invention, a sterilization auxiliary for ozone sterilization in which a high sterilizing effect may be obtained using less ozone without burdening sterilization apparatus and a substance to be treated, and a low-cost ozone sterilization method using the sterilization auxiliary can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ozone oxidation accelerator containing a compound of which a 0.5% by mass aqueous solution at 25° C. has a dynamic surface tension at 100 msec of 70 mN/m or less and a dynamic surface tension at 30 sec of 55 to 67 mN/m, and an ozone oxidation accelerator composition containing the ozone oxidation accelerator. The present invention also relates to an ozone treatment method including a step of supplying ozone into water to be treated that contains a substance to be treated, in the presence of the ozone oxidation accelerator composition.

Abstract: A detergent composition for metal according to the present invention contains a specific non-ionic surfactant, a specific nitrogen-containing organic compound, a specific carboxylic acid or salt thereof, and a specific alkanol amine, and has a pH of at least 9 that is measured at 25° C. when the detergent composition is diluted to 1% by mass of an aqueous solution. According to the present invention, the detergent composition for metal having excellent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent effluent treatment properties, excellent foaming suppressing properties and excellent liquid stability in addition to high detergent properties for metal, can be provided.