Abstract: The invention is a composition consisting essentially of a component from barley which has been subjected to alcohol fermentation using Aspergillus kawachii and which is a residue from a distillation of distilled spirits of the barley and wherein the component from barley is a fraction produced by ion exchange treatment using an aromatic series or methacryl series wherein the component from barley is separated into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction and wherein the liquid fraction is separated out by the ion exchange treatment and wherein the liquid fraction contains the component from barley which decreases a serum uric acid level and wherein the liquid fraction contains crude proteins at 40-60% by weight, polyphenols at 7-12% by weight, polysaccharides at 5-10% by weight, and organic acids at 4-10% by weight.

Abstract: Problem: Providing a composition with an action of decreasing uric acid level in human sera from a residue from distillation of distilled spirits from barley as a material having been disposed so far despite no safety problem, by a simple treatment method suitable for practical industrial-scale production without any complex purification step.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a composition with an excellent action of inhibiting vascularization, as prepared by a simple method suitable for actual production from an inexpensive, relatively readily available material without any problematic safety profile at an industrial scale without any complicated purification step. The composition is a composition for inhibiting vascularization, which contains a barley-derived ingredient selected from the group consisting of an unpolished barley ethyl alcohol extract fraction, an unpolished barley alkali extract fraction and fermented barley (preferably, a residual solution from the distillation of barley distilled spirits) as the active component with an action of inhibiting vascularization.

Abstract: To provide a motor-driven valve without requirement that a check valve is separately connected through piping in parallel and without a built-in check valve. A motor-driven valve 1 according to the present invention having a valve body 7 linearly moving by rotation of a rotor 15 of an electric motor and controlling a valve opening between the valve body 7 and a valve seat 6, and the motor-driven valve 1 is characterized in that: in a first valve opening range, the valve opening and flow rate of fluid have a predetermined correlation, and in a second valve opening range, flow rate more or equal to four time as much as controllable maximum flow rate in the first valve opening range can pass the valve 1.