Abstract: There are disclosed an antioxidant agent, an antisaccharification agent, a neurite outgrowth promoting agent, and a cognitive function improving agent, which contain propolis and a ginkgo leaf extract as active ingredients.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising: honey; bee pollen; royal jelly; and propolis, wherein the content of the honey is 70% by mass or more and less than 100% by mass relative to the whole amount of the composition; the content of the bee pollen is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition; the content of the royal jelly is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition; and the content of the propolis is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a urinary organ symptoms improving agent comprising propolis or a processed product thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising: honey; bee pollen; royal jelly; and propolis, wherein the content of the honey is 70% by mass or more and less than 100% by mass relative to the whole amount of the composition; the content of the bee pollen is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition; the content of the royal jelly is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition; and the content of the propolis is more than 0% by mass and 10% by mass or less in terms of solid content relative to the whole amount of the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: There is formerly a problem unable to detect a foreign substance left in a filter by a simplified construction reduced in cost. A foreign substance detector has a scanner for acquiring image information of the surface of a filtration filter for filtering a fluid: an image information receiving section for receiving the image information outputted from the scanner; a foreign substance information acquiring section for acquiring foreign substance information as information relative to the foreign substance of the surface of the filter from the image information received by the image information receiving section; and an output section for outputting the foreign substance information acquired by the foreign substance information acquiring section.