Patents Assigned to Tadakatsu Shimamura
  • Patent number: 5358713
    Abstract: A method for preventing infection caused by an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus, which includes applying an effective antibacterial amount of tea or a tea polyphenol to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventor: Tadakatsu Shimamura
  • Patent number: 5135957
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from tinea comprising applying to an affected part of the skin of the patient an anti-tinea effective amount of at least one tea polyphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventor: Tadakatsu Shimamura
  • Patent number: 5104901
    Abstract: The effective ingredient in the inventive medicament against infection with mycoplasma is tea, e.g., black tea, or a tea polyphenol as a constituent of tea including epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin, epicatechin, (+) catechin and the isomer thereof, free theaflavin, theaflavin monogallates A and B and theaflavin digallate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventors: Tadakatsu Shimamura, Yukihiko Hara