Abstract: A method for determining potential for body odor and a method for determining the effectiveness of a deodorant carried out by detecting a substance represented by the following formula (1) or a derivative thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A method of assessing body odor using as an index an indicator material comprising an alcohol compound having a mercapto group at the 3-position represented by the following formula (2) and/or a substance that is a derivative of an alcohol compound having a mercapto group at the 3-position, wherein an atom(s) or an atom group(s) is introduced to a mercapto group and/or a hydroxyl group of an alcohol compound having a mercapto group at the 3-position represented by the formula (2):

Abstract: A method for determining potential for body odor and a method for determining the effectiveness of a deodorant carried out by detecting a substance represented by the following formula (1) or a derivative thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A method for determining potential for body odor and a method for determining the effectiveness of a deodorant carried out by detecting a substance represented by the following formula (1) or a derivative thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A method for determining potential for body odor and a method for determining the effectiveness of a deodorant carried out by detecting a substance represented by the following formula (1) or a derivative thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: An indicator material for assessing body odor of the present invention comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of a substance (A) which is a ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid compound represented by the formula (1), a substance (B) which is a derivative of the compound represented by the formula (1), a substance (C) which is an alcohol compound having a mercapto group at the 3-position represented by the formula (2),and a substance (D) which is a derivative of the compound represented by the formula (2). The present invention also provides a method of producing the compound represented by the formula (2) by incubating perspiration originated from a human in an environment with an oxygen concentration of 10 v/v % or less. The present invention also provides a kit for assessing body odor of a human, wherein the kit for assessing body odor of a human includes a coloration reagent which reacts with ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid originated from perspiration of a human.

Abstract: This invention relates to a phosphodiesterase IV inhibitor containing as an active ingredient a pyridylacrylamide derivative represented by the following formula (I): (wherein Ar1 represents substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl; Ar2 represents phenyl substituted by alkoxy, etc.; R1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; R2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, cyano, or alkoxycarbonyl; R3 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl; X represents oxygen or sulfur; A and B are the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, or alkylthio, or A and B together represent oxo, thioxo, etc., or A may be hydroxyl and B may be 1-alkylimidazol-2-yl; and n is an integer from 1 to 3) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A power system stabilization system is provided between power generation equipment significantly fluctuating in output and a power system required to maintain a predetermined voltage. In the power system stabilization system, a voltage detection device and a current detection device detect voltage and current, respectively, of the power system and voltage and current thus detected are used to calculate a level of active power required and that of reactive power required which are referred to to provide charging and discharging from a rechargeable battery to the power system via an A-D converter.

Abstract: The invention relates to cinnamamide derivatives having the following formula wherein R1 represents a hydroxyl group, a C1-6-alkoxy group, an arylalkoxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; R2 and R3 are same or different, each of which represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-4-alkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6-alkyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6-alkyl group or an aryl group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6-alkyl group, a cyano group or a C1-6-alkoxy-carbonyl group; W represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an imino group, a methylene group, a hydroxymethylene group or a carbonyl group; X and Y are same or different, each of which represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; and when m is 0, a group: —C(R2)(R3)—W— may represent a vinylene group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition con

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for treating nephritis and a TGF-&bgr; inhibiting agent comprising as an effective ingredient a pyridylacrylamide derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, Ar2 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyano group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group, X is an oxygen or sulfur atom, A and B are same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or an alkylthio group, or A and B together form an oxo or thioxo group, or a group represented by the formula: ═N—Y in which Y is a dialkylamino, hydroxyl, aralkyloxy or alkoxy group, or a group represented by the formula: —Z1—M—Z2— which Z1 and Z2 are same or different and each represent an oxygen or sulfur atom or

Abstract: A power system stabilization system is provided between power generation equipment significantly fluctuating in output and a power system required to maintain a predetermined voltage. In the power system stabilization system, a voltage detection device and a current detection device detect voltage and current, respectively, of the power system and voltage and current thus detected are used to calculate a level of active power required and that of reactive power required which are referred to to provide charging and discharging from a rechargeable battery to the power system via an A-D converter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition to be applied to hair or skin, which comprises (A) a surfactant and 0.00025 to 1 wt. % of (B) a perfume substance having an aromatic, pyran or furan ring and a carbonyl group, ether bond, carboxyl group or nonaromatic unsaturated bond, and having a CLogP value not greater than 1.5. The composition has a high perfume retentivity.

Abstract: An optical semiconductor device, having an optical element mounted in a case and an optical fiber fixed to the case with a first photosetting resin, includes a transparent plate placed on a surface layer portion of the first photosetting resin to transmit light that cures the first photosetting resin. The transparent plate is integrated with the cured photosetting resin, and the optical element is a light emitting element.

Abstract: The modified basil essential oil of the present invention comprises 87% by weight or more of sesquiterpene compounds.The process for the production of a modified basil essential oil of the present invention comprises rectifying basil essential oil to thereby distill a fraction of a boiling point of from 82.degree. to 92.degree. C. under reduced pressure (2.0 to 3.0 mmHg), treating the distillate with an alkali and removing the aqueous phase to thereby give a modified basil essential oil containing 87% by weight or more of sesquiterpene compounds.

Abstract: In an illuminating device, in which a plurality of straight tube type discharge lamps B are arranged in parallel with an interval and there is disposed a translucent sheet a for advertising display in front of a row of the lamps, a reflector C is arranged behind each of the lamps B.

Abstract: A novel thiadiazole derivative represented by the following formula I: ##STR1## wherein when n is 0, m is 0, and when n is 1, m is 0 or 1, and the preparation of this derivative and the use of this derivative as an anti-ulcer agent.

Abstract: A conductive high molecular composition which comprises a non-conductive polymer component incorporated with a metal salt, characterized in that the metal salt is a salt of a metal with an acid substance selected from an organic carboxylic acid, rosin and a rosin derivative. This composition has an insulating property in normal state but functions as an electroconductive material only in the event it is interposed between slightly spaced metals and heated. Thus, the composition can be used not only as an insulating binder but also for imparting conductivity only in the desired spots of electronic parts, keeping the other areas of the parts electrically insulated. The composition thus possessing a specific dual function is particularly useful in the field of electronic industry.

Abstract: A method for forming a metal film on the surface of a substrate metal, which comprises soaking a substrate metal or a non-metal support carrying the substrate metal thereon in a solution of a metal salt in a high boiling point solvent under heating conditions, characterized in that the metal salt is a salt of the metal to be formed on the surface of the substrate metal with an acidic substance selected from an organic carboxylic acid, a rosin and a rosin derivative. The metal is precipitated from the solution exclusively on the surface of the substrate metal without forming any solid metal particle in the solution or on the substrate metal. Thus, the method is applicable to the formation of a soldering alloy as a film on the surface of a substrate metal without leaving thereon any free metal particle which may cause short circuits in electronic circuits.

Abstract: A conductive high molecular composition which comprises a non-conductive polymer component incorporated with a metal salt, characterized in that the melt salt is a salt of a metal with an acid substance selected from an organic carboxylic acid, rosin and a rosin derivative. This composition has an insulating property in the normal state but functions as an electroconductive material only in the event it is interposed between slightly spaced metals and heated. Thus, the composition can be used not only as an insulating binder but also for imparting conductivity only in the desired spots of electronic parts, keeping the other areas of the parts electrically insulated. The composition thus possessing a specific dual function is particularly useful in the electronic industry field.