Patents by Inventor Hiromi Sasamura

Hiromi Sasamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • AMINOSUGAR COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110105420
    Abstract: [Object] Disclosed is a compound useful as an active ingredient for a pharmaceutical composition having an ?-amylase inhibitory activity, particularly a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diabetes. [Solution] An investigation has been made on a compound having an ?-amylase inhibitory activity among the compounds produced by Streptomyces sp. strain 6982, which is a actinomycetes belonging to the genus Streptomyces, and it was confirmed that an aminosugar compound has an ?-amylase inhibitory activity, thus completing the invention. The aminosugar compound of the present invention has an ?-amylase-inhibitory activity, and therefore can be used as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetes, obesity, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), particularly as an ameliorating agent for postprandial blood glucose elevation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sasamura, Hiromi Sasamura, Shinya Nishiwaki