Abstract: Provided is an antiviral agent that is suitable not only for application in articles but also for application in living organisms, and that is safer for living organisms. The antiviral agent contains mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) as an active ingredient, preferably in an amount of 0.000001 to 100 wt %, and is applicable to living organisms and/or articles.

Abstract: Provided is a load driving device capable of efficiently recovering and using regenerative power and an inverted type movable body equipped with same. The load driving device includes a battery that supplies power to a load when driving the load, and is charged with a part of regenerative power when the regenerative power equal to or higher than a first reference value is generated by the load. The load driving device also includes an internal circuit that consumes at least a part of regenerative power when the regenerative power is generated by the load.

Abstract: A separation process by liquid chromatography, which comprises sending a mixture sample in a large amount together with a liquid mobile phase to at least one column, into which a packing having a large particle size has been charged, to preliminarily fractionate the components of the mixture, taking out fractions containing objective components from the eluate from the first column, and recycling said fractions within a loop provided with at least one second column, into which a packing having a large particle size has been charged, to separate precisely the objective components.According to this process, it is possible to separate economically objective components from the sample loaded in a large amount.