Abstract: The present invention is regarding plants and plant storage organs thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated, and methods of producing them. The transgenic plants and plant storage organs thereof accumulate tandem repeated GLP-1 derivatives cleavable with intestinal digestive enzyme to monomeric molecules and are produced by methods comprising: integrating into vectors linked DNAs which comprise tandem repeated DNAs encoding the GLP-1 derivative with trypsin resistance in which the amino acid in the 26th position is Gln, the amino acid in the 34th position is Asn or Asp, and C-terminal consists of Arg or Lys to produce monomeric molecules; introducing the vectors into plant cells; and redifferentiating the obtained transformants. The edible transgenic plants and plant storage organs are useful for treating diabetes and can be ingested by diabetic patients.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for highly producing a recombinant protein in a plant storage organ and a GLP-1 derivative. The plant storage organ in which the recombinant protein is highly produced is obtained by transformation with the use of a vector which comprises a recombinant protein gene, a cytokinin-related gene, a drug-resistant gene and a removable DNA element, in which the cytokinin-related gene and the drug-resistant gene exist in the positions so that they can behave together with the DNA element, while the recombinant protein to be expressed in the plant storage organ exists in the position so that it would not behave together with the DNA element. The GLP-1 is produced by using the method, and a derivative having been stabilized against enzymatic digestion is further provided.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a plant and a plant storage organ thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated, and a method of producing them in order to develop a method for ingesting orally GLP-1 derivatives at a low cost and to make use of it in diabetic treatment. A transgenic plant or a plant storage organ thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated cleavable with a digestive enzyme is produced by a method comprising: integrating into a vector a linked GLP-1s-DNA which comprises tandem repeated “n” DNAs (“n” being an integer of 3 or more) encoding a GLP-1 derivative consisting of GLP-1 (7-36) or of an amino acid sequence of GLP-1 (7-36) in which one or a few amino acids are deleted, substituted and/or added, and C-terminal consists of Arg or Lys, and having GLP-1 activity; introducing the vector into a plant cell; and redifferentiating the obtained transformant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for highly producing a recombinant protein in a plant storage organ and a GLP-1 derivative. The plant storage organ in which the recombinant protein is highly produced is obtained by transformation with the use of a vector which comprises a recombinant protein gene, a cytokinin-related gene, a drug-resistant gene and a removable DNA element, in which the cytokinin-related gene and the drug-resistant gene exist in the positions so that they can behave together with the DNA element, while the recombinant protein to be expressed in the plant storage organ exists in the position so that it would not behave together with the DNA element. The GLP-1 is produced by using the method, and a derivative having been stabilized against enzymatic digestion is further provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-molecular inhibitor of GIP functions and, further, an agent for preventing/ameliorating obesity based on inhibition of GIP functions, which comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the following general formula (I): (wherein R1 represents hydrogen, halogen, a nitro group or a cyano group, R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen or halogen, hydrogen or a methoxy group, or both R2 and R3 may form an optionally substituted benzene or pyrrole ring, and A represents nitrogen or C—R4 whereupon R4 represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, —OR7, —NR8R9, —NHCO—R10 or —SO2—R11 or may, together with R3, form an optionally substituted benzene or pyrrole ring, R7, R8 and R9 each represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, R10 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like, and R1 represents an optionally substituted morpholyl group or the like) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-molecular inhibitor of GIP functions and, further, an agent for preventing/ameliorating obesity based on inhibition of GIP functions, which comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the following general formula (I): (wherein R1 represents hydrogen, halogen, a nitro group or a cyano group, R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen or halogen, hydrogen or a methoxy group, or both R2 and R3 may form an optionally substituted benzene or pyrrole ring, and A represents nitrogen or C—R4 whereupon R4 represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, —OR7, —NR8R9, —NHCO—R1 or —SO2—R or may, together with R3, form an optionally substituted benzene or pyrrole ring, R7, R8 and R9 each represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, R10 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like, and R1 represents an optionally substituted morpholyl group or the like) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: There are described sulfated and phosphated saccharide erivatives of the Formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen atom or a residue of sulfate, phosphate or L-fucose; R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen atom or a residue of sulfate or phosphate, respectively; 1 is an integer of 0 or 1;m is an integer of 0-15; and n is an integer of 0-21, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a process for the preparation of the derivatives and salts as well as use thereof, as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Abstract: There are given disclosures on a polyisoprene compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is S, O, NH or ##STR2## .sub.l is an integer of 2-10, Z is a group of ##STR3## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are same or different and each means a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having C.sub.1-4, m is an integer of 0 or 1, and .sub.n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2,a salt thereof, a process for the preparation of same, and use thereof.