Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
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Patent number: 9797884Abstract: A marker can determine whether or not a patient has a therapeutic response to an anti-cancer agent. A novel cancer therapy employs the marker. The marker can be N-acetylglucosamine, an amino-acid-metabolism-related substance, a nucleic-acid-metabolism-related substance, a substance in the pentose phosphate pathway, a substance in the glycolytic pathway, a substance in the TCA cycle, a polyamine-metabolism-related substance, lauric acid, 6-phosphogluconic acid, butyric acid, 4-methylpyrazole, isobutylamine, glycolic acid, NADH, NAD+, or a substance involved in the metabolism of any of these substances.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Yusuke Tanigawara, Akito Nishimuta, Yuki Otani, Mitsuhisa Matsuo
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Publication number: 20170299597Abstract: To provide an anti-cancer agent sensitivity determination marker, which marker can determine whether or not the patient has a therapeutic response to the anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. The anti-cancer agent sensitivity determination marker, the anti-cancer agent including oxaliplatin or a salt thereof and fluorouracil or a salt thereof, contains one or more substances selected from among an amino-acid-metabolism-related substance, a nucleic-acid-metabolism-related substance, a substance in the pentose phosphate pathway, a substance in the glycolytic pathway, a substance in the TCA cycle, a polyamine-metabolism-related substance, 7,8-dihydrobiopterin, 6-phosphogluconic acid, butyric acid, triethanolamine, 1-methylnicotinamide, NADH, NAD+, and a substance involved in the metabolism of any of these substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicants: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Yusuke TANIGAWARA, Akito NISHIMUTA, Junya TSUZAKI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9788557Abstract: Disclosed is a novel lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus plantarum, which has an excellent fermentative ability affording high achievable cell counts even if various vegetable or fruit juices are used as fermentative substrates. The lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus plantarum is characterized by the achievable viable cell counts being 108 CFU/ml or more in both cases when 100% juice of grape or of orange is used as fermentative substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult HonshaInventors: Tohru Iino, Norie Masuoka, Fumiyasu Ishikawa, Koichi Yoshimura, Eiji Hayashida
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Publication number: 20170246220Abstract: A butyrate-producing bacterium belonging to Anaerostipes hadrus is provided. The amount of butyrate produced is at least 1.5 times that of Anaerostipes hadrus YIT 10092T (DSM 3319T) and is measured by thawing a frozen stock solution of the bacterial strain (a 10% (w/v) skim milk-2% sodium glutamate solution with suspended bacterial cells) (cell count: 2.0 to 5.5×1010 cells/mL), inoculating the solution at 1% to 4 mL of a PY liquid medium supplemented with 33 mM sodium acetate and 0.5 (w/v) % glucose (PYGA medium), followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, then inoculating the culture solution at 1% to a PYGA medium, followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, then inoculating the culture solution at 1% to a PY medium containing 33 mM sodium acetate and 0.5 (w/v) % L-sorbose, followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, and then measuring the butyrate concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Tadashi SATO, Shiro KUSUHARA, Wakae YOKOI, Masahiko ITO, Kouji MIYAZAKI, Akira KUSHIRO
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Publication number: 20170248578Abstract: A novel marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is provided. Disclosed is a marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent including one or more molecules selected from the group consisting of PHB, ANXA5, ANXA1, TALDO, C1QBP, IPYR, CRBP1 and COX5A.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicants: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Yusuke TANIGAWARA, Kanako HARA, Miki NAKAMURA, Shinji SUGIMOTO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9733256Abstract: To provide an anti-cancer agent sensitivity determination marker, which marker can determine whether or not the patient has a therapeutic response to the anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. The anti-cancer agent sensitivity determination marker, the anti-cancer agent including oxaliplatin or a salt thereof and fluorouracil or a salt thereof, contains one or more substances selected from among an amino-acid-metabolism-related substance, a nucleic-acid-metabolism-related substance, a substance in the pentose phosphate pathway, a substance in the glycolytic pathway, a substance in the TCA cycle, a polyamine-metabolism-related substance, 7,8-dihydrobiopterin, 6-phosphogluconic acid, butyric acid, triethanolamine, 1-methylnicotinamide, NADH, NAD+, and a substance involved in the metabolism of any of these substances.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Yusuke Tanigawara, Akito Nishimuta, Junya Tsuzaki, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9730883Abstract: Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Takekazu Okumura, Tomohiko Terai, Masumi Nakao, Kimiyuki Kaneko, Masahiko Ito, Kouji Miyazaki, Kazuaki Yamaji, Kaoru Tochiya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Susumu Imai, Yoshiaki Nomura, Shunsuke Baba
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Patent number: 9708579Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a lactic acid bacteria fermentation product, which has been obtained by culturing lactic acid bacteria on a medium containing an extract of at least one food material selected from the group consisting of rice bran, persimmon leaves, perilla, Houttuynia cordata Thunb, Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., turmeric, clove, cinnamon and Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae). By adding and mixing the extract used for the preparation of the fermentation product to a medium, it is possible to increase simply the viable cell count of lactic acid bacteria, without affecting the flavor of the product. It is possible, by using the extract, to obtain a lactic acid bacteria fermentation product which contains many viable lactic acid bacteria with their activities highly maintained, and further to provide beverages or foods using the product.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Nobuhiro Ogasawara, Mayumi Ishii, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tatsuyuki Kudo, Ryoichi Akahoshi, Akihisa Matsui, Susumu Mizusawa, Haruyuki Kimizuka, Takao Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170199213Abstract: A container inspection device includes an inlet conveyor, an outlet conveyor, a mounting table having a mounting surface a chamber portion having an opening in a section of the chamber portion, in which a receiving space is formed when the mounting surface contacts the chamber portion to close the opening, and a transfer. The transfer is movable in the certain direction at a speed greater than the conveying speed of the cartons by the inlet conveyor. The transfer holds multiple ones of the cartons that have been conveyed by the inlet conveyor collectively and conveys the cartons to the mounting surface of the mounting table, and holds the multiple ones of the cartons mounted on the mounting surface collectively and conveys the cartons to the outlet conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha N-Tech, Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tohoshoji Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu YOSHIDA, Chizuka KAI, Kunimitsu TOYOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20170196917Abstract: An agent for the prevention and treatment of chlamydia infection containing Lactobacillus casei as an active ingredient which is an agent for the prevention and treatment of chlamydia infection that is highly safe and that can be administered over an extended period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Takashi ASAHARA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Koji NOMOTO, Takashi KURAKAWA, Shoichi KADO, Norikatsu YUKI, Takuya TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170129634Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat-shrinking apparatus for shrink labels which is capable of uniformly heat shrinking a shrink label covering a portion or the entirety of an article, and which is capable of completing heat shrinking in a state in which water drops are not deposited on the article and the surface of the shrink label.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, TOHO SHOJI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FUJI SEAL, INC.Inventors: Akira UETSUKI, Osamu SEKIGUCHI, Toshiyuki HARADA
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Patent number: 9596875Abstract: Provided is a fermented food containing an extract of at least one plant material selected from the group consisting of turmeric, Houttuynia cordata Thunb., Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., rice bran, persimmon leaves, perilla, clove, cinnamon and Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae) and bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium. The fermented food contains an excellent and novel material with which the viability of the bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium can be improved in storage of the product, and even when used in products such as beverages or foods, does not deteriorate the flavor of the product, thereby the bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium can be contained at high concentration which provides various physiological effects.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Ryotaro Hoshi, Nobuhiro Ogasawara, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tatsuyuki Kudo, Ryoichi Akahoshi, Susumu Mizusawa, Haruyuki Kimizuka, Takao Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170071987Abstract: Provided is a novel agent for improving sleep quality. An agent for improving sleep quality containing, as an active ingredient, bacterial cells of Lactobacillus casei and/or a treated product thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Akito KATO, Mai TAKADA
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Publication number: 20170044200Abstract: A composition which has high 4?-GL purity and can be used as a reference standard for various analyses can be obtained by a more convenient method than one conventionally used. A method for preparing a high-purity 4?-GL composition includes the steps of: (A) subjecting a 4?-GL-containing galacto-oligosaccharide to activated carbon column chromatography, and performing stepwise elution with plural organic solvent aqueous solutions, wherein the organic solvent aqueous solutions are used such that the concentration of the organic solvent in the organic solvent aqueous solution is higher than the concentration of the organic solvent in the immediately preceding organic solvent aqueous solution with respect to a series of elutions; and (B) adding an organic solvent to the final fraction eluted in step (A), and crystallizing the 4?-GL.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Hiroshi HATANO, Kazumasa KIMURA, Hidetsugu SOTOYA, Yoko MORI
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Publication number: 20170022491Abstract: Provided are a method for regulating acid resistance of a microorganism by suppressing the expression of the fadD gene therein and a screening method for a microorganism having acid resistance by using the expression level of the fadD gene as an index. A method for regulating acid resistance of a microorganism, including suppressing the expression of fadD gene present in the microorganism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Hoshitaka MATSUMOTO, Mika MIURA, Mayumi KIWAKI, Tohru IINO
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Patent number: 9482648Abstract: A method for detecting and quantifying galacto-oligosaccharide in a sample containing galacto-oligosaccharide and dextrin is characterized in that the sample is caused to react with a derivatizing reagent to derivatize the dextrin and galacto-oligosaccharide in the sample, after which the galacto-oligosaccharide component in the sample is separated by high-performance liquid chromatography using a C30 reverse-phase chromatography column, thereby accurately detecting and quantifying galacto-oligosaccharide with ease and at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Harumi Mizukoshi, Kazumasa Kimura
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Patent number: 9459254Abstract: To provide a marker for determining sensitivity of a patient to an anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. The marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is formed of a protein selected from the group consisting of a protein or a fragment thereof which is detected as a peak at m/z of 16,450 to 16,620, a protein or a fragment thereof which is detected as a peak at m/z of 22,080 to 22,310, and a protein or a fragment thereof which is detected as a peak at m/z of 17,100 to 17,270, the peaks being determined by means of a mass spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignees: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Yusuke Tanigawara, Sayo Suzuki, Hidehiro Irie, Akito Nishimuta, Tetsuya Suzuki, Shinji Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9439933Abstract: Disclosed is a skin property-improving agent which exerts excellent effects by oral administration. The skin property-improving agent for oral administration contains, as an active ingredient, a bacterium belonging to the genus Streptococcus and a bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium, or fermented milk containing the two bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Norie Masuoka, Mitsuyoshi Kano, Kouji Miyazaki, Toshiro Sone
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Patent number: 9388474Abstract: Provided are an oligonucleotide which realizes specific and highly sensitive detection of toxigenic C. difficile, and a method for detecting toxigenic C. difficile, the method employing the oligonucleotide. 1) A primer pair containing an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; or a primer pair having complementary sequences to the nucleotide sequences. 2) A primer pair containing an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4, and an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5; or a primer pair having complementary sequences to the nucleotide sequences.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kubota, Hiroshi Makino, Takafumi Sakai, Eiji Ishikawa, Kenji Oishi
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Publication number: 20160166622Abstract: A pentosidine production inhibitor including a lactic acid bacterium fermentation product as an active ingredient, which has a stronger action and a high safety as a component having an action of inhibiting production of pentosidine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult HonshaInventors: Naoki IZAWA, Daisuke NIWA, Toshiro SONE