Patents Assigned to Meiji Dairies Corporation
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Publication number: 20090175998Abstract: The present invention is based on knowledge that basically, solid milk provided with both of adequate strength and solubility can be obtained by using only powdered milk as ingredient to be provided with compression molding under state where the porosity and the free fat is controlled within predetermined ranges, and then humidified and dried. Namely, solid milk having porosity of 30%-60%, and method of making solid milk including: a compression step for compressing powdered milk to obtain a solid form of compressed powdered milk; a humidifying step for humidifying the compressed powdered milk obtained by the compression step; and a drying step for drying the compressed powdered milk humidified by the humidifying step achieves the object of providing solid milk having preferred solubility and strength, and method of making the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuho Shibata
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Publication number: 20090163425Abstract: The invention provides a peptide having an activity of inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and a food and drink and/or a pharmaceutical composition containing the peptide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2004Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Tonouchi, Masayuki Suzuki, Masayuki Uchida, Munehiro Oda
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Patent number: 7547440Abstract: The T-cell epitope site on a Japanese cypress (hinoki) pollen allergen molecule has been identified by stimulating a T-cell line established from a patient suffering from Japanese cypress pollen allergy with an overlap peptide covering the primary structure of the Japanese cypress pollen allergen. The peptide is useful in peptide-based immunotherapy for patients with spring tree pollinosis including patients with Japanese cypress pollinosis having cross reactivity with Japanese cypress pollen. The peptide is also useful for diagnosing spring tree pollinosis.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Kohsuke Kino, Kazuo Dairiki
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Publication number: 20090142374Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for immunostimulation useful for promoting IgA and secretory component productions in mucosal tissues, comprising, alone or in combination, a cell of bifidobacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium bifidum or a processed product thereof, wherein the bifidobacterium has an activity to stimulate secretory component production and a high activity to stimulate IgA production, for example, it is a Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB 6377 strain or Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB 6378 strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Itaru Moro, Takashi Iwase, Kuniyasu Ochiai, Masako Yajima, Masaki Terahara, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Mamoru Totsuka, Kiyoshi Yamada
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Publication number: 20090143277Abstract: A nutritional composition for controlling blood sugar level comprising a protein, a lipid and a carbohydrate, wherein energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 25%, 20 to 35% and 40 to 60%, respectively; and oleic acid in the lipid energy percentage is 60 to 90% and palatinose and/or trehalulose in the carbohydrate energy percentage is 60 to 100%. The composition is useful as an oral or tube feeding nutrient for nutritional management or blood sugar level control of patients suffering from diabetes and glucose intolerance, or for obesity prevention, a therapeutic diet, a diet for diabetic patients at home, an obesity preventive diet or a food with health claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MIZUMOTO, Hajime Sasaki, Hisae Kume, Makoto Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20090136620Abstract: In order to provide fermented milk with excellent hardness and flavor and a method for producing the same, the method for producing fermented milk uses yogurt mix in which 0.3% by weight or more ?-lactalbumin is added to starting milk mixture, yogurt mix containing whey protein concentrate in which ?-lactalbumin is contained in the amount of 60% by weight based on the protein, yogurt mix in which 0.4% by weight or more ?-lactoglobulin is added to starting milk mixture, or yogurt mix containing whey protein concentrate in which ?-lactoglobulin is contained in the amount of 65% by weight or more based on the protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Hideo Ohtomo, Hiroshi Echizen
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Publication number: 20090136621Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing fermented milk, including adding to a fermented milk mix a starter in an amount of from 0.2 to 0.8% by weight with respect to the total amount of the fermented milk mix; reducing the dissolved oxygen concentration in said mix to 5 ppm or less; and conducting a fermentation after said addition of the starter and said reduction of the dissolved oxygen concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Akira Yano
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Publication number: 20090117208Abstract: An amino acid composition comprises alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, and glutamine. The amino acid composition of the present invention has such an effect that it can improve the action of promoting the process wherein the body fat is converted into the energy required for the physical exercise during and/or after the anoxic motions performed under an extremely high load.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicants: RIKEN, MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION, Takashi ABEInventors: Takashi ABE, Yasuko SAWAI
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Patent number: 7507563Abstract: A process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphtoic acid, comprising initiating the culture of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid producing bacteria belonging to propionic acid bacteria under anaerobic conditions and culturing the bacteria under aeration into a medium when the concentration of a carbon source in the medium is 3.5% by mass or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Nobuo Yoda
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Publication number: 20090017176Abstract: The invention relates to a process of producing fermented milk or milk powder, including removing ions from milk, and reducing the dissolved oxygen concentration in the milk, followed by subjecting the milk to a heat treatment, as well as concentrated milk and milk powder with good flavor and an effect of improving physico-chemical properties as a raw food material, which have never been found in conventional concentrated milk and milk powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Sugawara, Masashi Shiokawa, Akemi Nakaoka, Yasushi Kubota, Yoshinori Komatsu
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Publication number: 20080292770Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide solid milk having suitable solubility and strength and a method for manufacturing such solid milk. The present invention is based on the knowledge that solid milk combining sufficient strength with sufficient solubility can be obtained basically by compacting and molding only powdered milk as an ingredient under a condition where porosity and free fat content thereof are controlled within fixed ranges and then humidifying and drying. The above-described object can be attained with solid milk with a porosity of 30% to 50% and a method for manufacturing solid milk, comprising a compacting process for compacting powdered milk and obtaining a solid compacted body of powdered milk, a humidifying process for wetting the compacted body of powdered milk obtained in the compacting process, and a drying process for drying the compacted body of powdered milk humidified in the humidification process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Mitsuho Shibata, Ikuru Toyoda, Shunichi Kudo
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Publication number: 20080274972Abstract: The T-cell epitope site on a Japanese cypress (hinoki) pollen allergen molecule has been identified by stimulating a T-cell line established from a patient suffering from Japanese cypress pollen allergy with an overlap peptide covering the primary structure of the Japanese cypress pollen allergen. The peptide is useful in peptide-based immunotherapy for patients with spring tree pollinosis including patients with Japanese cypress pollinosis having cross reactivity with Japanese cypress pollen. The peptide is also useful for diagnosing spring tree pollinosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kohsuke Kino, Kazuo Dairiki
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Publication number: 20080234357Abstract: Provided is an indole long-chain alcohol, or a hydrate or an isomer thereof, represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an acetyl group, or a hydroxyl group, and n represents a number from 0 to 20; and a medicinal composition comprising the same. The indole long-chain alcohol (I) exhibits an excellent nerve growth promoting effect, as well as potent antioxidative and anti-tumor effects, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cerebral diseases including dementia diseases, and malignant tumors including brain tumors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Bang LUU, Djalil Coowar, Masashi Yamada, Yukie Suma, Hiroto Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080194688Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio SATO, Seiya MAKINO, Nobuo YODA, Kakuhei ISAWA, Tomonori KAMIYAMA, Kenichi HOJO, Mizue SAITO, Naoki TAKETOMO, Keisuke FURUICHI, Shuji IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 7407983Abstract: Provided is an indole long-chain alcohol, or a hydrate or an isomer thereof, represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an acetyl group, or a hydroxyl group, and n represents a number from 0 to 20; and a medicinal composition comprising the same. The indole long-chain alcohol (I) exhibits an excellent nerve growth promoting effect, as well as potent antioxidative and anti-tumor effects, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cerebral diseases including dementia diseases, and malignant tumors including brain tumors.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Bang Luu, Djalil Coowar, Masashi Yamada, Yukie Suma, Hiroto Suzuki
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Patent number: 7407657Abstract: The T-cell epitope site on a Japanese cypress (hinoki) pollen allergen molecule has been identified by stimulating a T-cell line established from a patient suffering from Japanese cypress pollen allergy with an overlap peptide covering the primary structure of the Japanese cypress pollen allergen. The peptide is useful in peptide-based immunotherapy for patients with spring tree pollinosis including patients with Japanese cypress pollinosis having cross reactivity with Japanese cypress pollen. The peptide is also useful for diagnosing spring tree pollinosis.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Kohsuke Kino, Kazuo Dairiki
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Publication number: 20080182786Abstract: A protein introduction method with which protein can be introduced into cells with excellent safety is provided. A target protein is supported on a carrier for protein introduction that is made from a clay mineral, and by adding this to cells it is possible to introduce the target protein into the cells. The clay mineral is preferably a layered clay mineral, and as the clay mineral it is possible to use montmorillonite, vermiculite, and illite, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Kiyohito Yagi, Masaya Kawase, Masashi Yamada, Hiroto Suzuki, Kohsuke Kino, Yoshio Ohyama, Kazumitsu Ohtsubo
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Publication number: 20080160565Abstract: Lactobacillus screening methods were carried out using surface plasmon resonance spectrums and human intestinal mucin and blood group antigens as probes. A trial to set selection criteria in the above-mentioned methods of screening for lactobacilli was made to adapt the methods to mass screening, and it was discovered that lactobacilli compatible with ABO blood groups can be screened by setting 100 RU as a criterion for judging bacterial binding under certain conditions. Using 238 lactobacillus strains, the above-mentioned screening methods and tests to judge their compatibility for the use of yogurt production were carried out, to at long last specifically discover bacillus strains compatible with blood groups A, B, and O.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Tadao Saito, Yasushi Kawai, Hideaki Uchida, Katsunori Kimura, Kakuhei Isawa, Keisuke Furuichi
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Patent number: 7387800Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to identify compounds having an inhibitory effect on adipocyte differentiation, and to provide pharmaceutical compositions and food compositions for prevention, improvement, or treatment of obesity or obesity related diseases. By enthusiastically studying natural products that inhibit the differentiation induction of adipocyte precursors into adipocytes, sesquiterpenoid derivatives, which are extracts from a Compositae plant, Calea, growing in Central and South America, were demonstrated to have an excellent inhibitory effect on adipocyte differentiation induction. Calea extract or the sesquiterpenoid derivatives are expected to be used in pharmaceutical compositions and food compositions for prevention, improvement, or treatment of obesity related diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Munekazu Iinuma, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Makoto Ubukata, Nobuyasu Matsuura, Masashi Yamada, Hiroto Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080125495Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for improving renal dysfunction comprising as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each R1, R2, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and X represents a linear or branched alkylene or alkenylene group having 10 to 28 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2005Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Motoaki Saito, Bang Luu, Masashi Yamada, Hiroto Suzuki