Patents Assigned to National University Corporation ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE
  • ADRENOMEDULLIN PRODUCTION ENHANCER
    Publication number: 20160008385
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to discover a substance that effectively increases the production of adrenomedullin, as well as to provide an adrenomedullin production-enhancing agent utilizing this substance. The adrenomedullin production-enhancing agent is characterized by inclusion of a ginsenoside, a sanshool, and/or a shogaol as active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: National University Corporation ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE, TSUMURA & Co.
    Inventors: Toru KONO, Atsushi KANEKO, Yuji OMIYA
  • Adrenomedullin production enhancer
    Patent number: 9193756
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to discover a substance that effectively increases the production of adrenomedullin, as well as to provide an adrenomedullin production-enhancing agent utilizing this substance. The adrenomedullin production-enhancing agent is characterized by inclusion of a ginsenoside, a sanshool, and/or a shogaol as active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: National University Corporation ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE, TSUMURA & Co.
    Inventors: Toru Kono, Atsushi Kaneko, Yuji Omiya
  • Iron chelating agent, method for producing same, method for determining amount of iron ions and method for trapping iron ions
    Patent number: 8623661
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron chelating agent which can selectively chelate iron ions. The iron chelating agent of the present invention includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein, ring Z represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; R1 represents an alkylene group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or a group having chelating ability; and the total coordination number of the groups represented by R2 and R3 is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical College, Yamagata University
    Inventors: Yutaka Kohgo, Katsuya Ikuta, Katsunori Sasaki, Yuzo Nishida
  • IRON CHELATING AGENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT OF IRON IONS AND METHOD FOR TRAPPING IRON IONS
    Publication number: 20110189779
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron chelating agent which can selectively chelate iron ions. The iron chelating agent of the present invention includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein, ring Z represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; R1 represents an alkylene group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or a group having chelating ability; and the total coordination number of the groups represented by R2 and R3 is 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicants: YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, National University Corporation ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: Yutaka Kohg, Katsuya Ikuta, Katsunori Sasaki, Yuzo Nishida