Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an easy-to-take granular preparation that forms a gel having low adhesiveness and appropriate hardness when brought into contact with water, exhibiting an improved swallowing as a result, and to provide a method for producing the granular preparation. The present invention pertains to an easy-to-take granular preparation including granules, each of which contains a sugar or a sugar alcohol and has a surface at least partially coated with a thickener, and to a method for producing the easy-to-take granular preparation, the method including granulating a composition that includes a sugar or a sugar alcohol using an aqueous solution of a thickener.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel protein, which have such excellent pH responsiveness that the antibody binding property to the Fc region of the immunoglobulin in the neutral region is improved and the binding property to the Fc region of the immunoglobulin in the weakly acidic region is much decreased when compared to the wild-type proteins such as protein G and protein A that have affinity for the protein comprising the Fc region of the immunoglobulin G (IgG), and a mutant-type protein (an improved protein) comprising their domain mutant. The present invention relates to a protein constituted by linking plural domains having affinity for a protein comprising the Fc region of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) with linkers, wherein an extended length to the maximum of the linker is 80-240 angstrom.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a superior protein with more decreased binding property to the Fc region of immunoglobulin and/or more decreased binding property to the Fab region thereof in the weakly acidic region in comparison with a protein containing an extracellular domain of a wild-type protein G without spoiling the high antibody binding property in the neutral region, and to allow the antibody to be easily captured and recovered without denaturing it by means of a capturing agent and column comprising the above protein.

Abstract: A method for producing optically active alcohols is provided. Optically active alcohols are useful intermediates in pharmaceutical production. The method of the present invention enables simple and efficient production of optically active alcohols with a high optical purity. According to the production method disclosed, optically active alcohols are produced via asymmetric reduction of 3-quinuclidinone using tropinone reductase-I. For example, the use of tropinone reductase-I derived from plants like Datura stramonium and Hyoscyamus niger allows the production of high optical purity (R)-3-quinuclidinol.

Abstract: A method for producing optically active alcohols is provided. Optically active alcohols are useful intermediates in pharmaceutical production. The method of the present invention enables simple and efficient production of optically active alcohols with a high optical purity. According to the production method disclosed, optically active alcohols are produced via asymmetric reduction of 3-quinuclidinone using tropinone reductase-I. For example, the use of tropinone reductase-I derived from plants like Datura stramonium and Hyoscyamus niger allows the production of high optical purity (R)-3-quinuclidinol as shown in Formula (1) below.

Abstract: A method for producing optically active alcohols is provided. Optically active alcohols are useful intermediates in pharmaceutical production. The method of the present invention enables simple and efficient production of optically active alcohols with a high optical purity. According to the production method disclosed, optically active alcohols are produced via asymmetric reduction of 3-quinuclidinone using tropinone reductase-I. For example, the use of tropinone reductase-I derived from plants like Datura stramonium and Hyoscyamus niger allows the production of high optical purity (R)-3-quinuclidinol as shown in Formula (1) below.