Patents Examined by Liliana Di Nola-Boran
  • Process for producing glycolytic metabolism regulators
    Patent number: 6620424
    Abstract: A food or beverage containing an effective amount of a fructose-6-phosphate-2-kinase inhibitor which is safe and effective in vivo, such as itaconic acid, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the inhibitor as an active ingredient are disclosed. This food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition safely exerts an antiobesity, antidiabetic, and an antilipemic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Suntory Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kiso, Aki Kusumoto, Eisuke Furuya