Abstract: An object is to provide a sebum secretion inhibiting composition and a food or drink product using the same. The present inventors have conducted extensive studies and consequently found that the sebum secretion is inhibited by orally ingesting a collagen peptide, which is hydrolyzed collagen, and provide an oral sebum secretion inhibiting composition comprising a collagen hydrolysate and a food or drink product containing the composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a preventive agent for atopic dermatitis and food products containing the agent. The present inventors conducted extensive studies and, as the result, found that atopic dermatitis can be prevented by orally ingesting collagen. The present invention provides a preventive agent for atopic dermatitis comprising collagen and food products containing the preventive agent for atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sebum secretion inhibiting composition and a food or drink product using the same. The present inventors have conducted extensive studies and consequently found that the sebum secretion is inhibited by orally ingesting a collagen peptide, which is hydrolyzed collagen, and provide an oral sebum secretion inhibiting composition comprising a collagen hydrolysate and a food or drink product containing the composition.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sebum secretion inhibiting composition and a food or drink product using the same. The present inventors have conducted extensive studies and consequently found that the sebum secretion is inhibited by orally ingesting a collagen peptide, which is hydrolyzed collagen, and provide an oral sebum secretion inhibiting composition comprising a collagen hydrolysate and a food or drink product containing the composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a preventive agent for atopic dermatitis and food products containing the agent. The present inventors conducted extensive studies and, as the result, found that atopic dermatitis can be prevented by orally ingesting collagen. The present invention provides a preventive agent for atopic dermatitis comprising collagen and food products containing the preventive agent for atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: Provided is an oral composition having a tongue coating removing effect and a strong bad breath removing effect. An oral composition having a tongue coating removing action, characterized by containing an extract of eucalyptus, a plant of the Myrtaceae family, as an essential ingredient.

Abstract: To provide a composition for treatment and/or prevention of skin disorder, intensive research has been conducted. As a result, a mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) pericarp extract has been found to have a reducing effect on the skin disorder. The present invention provides a composition for treatment and/or prevention of skin disorder, the composition including a mangosteen pericarp extract.

Abstract: To provide a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis with minimal concerns of adverse drug reactions and high safety, various researches were conducted. As a result, it was found that an extract extracted from a mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) peel with a polar solvent prevented or healed atopic dermatitis. That is, the present invention provides a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis comprising an extract extracted from a mangosteen peel with a polar solvent. Furthermore, the present invention provides a food containing the above-mentioned prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: A method for deodorizing collagen peptide by removing the caprylic odor of the peptide. A collagen peptide solution undergoes an initial preliminary heating and a second primary heating, after which the solution is depressurized and cooled. The resulting deodorized collagen can be used in foods, beverages, or other compositions.

Abstract: A shock absorption in a seat back of a seat, which is arranged in a bracket fixed on the seat back frame in the seat back and an operation lever attached to the bracket. In this arrangement, the bracket is formed such that upper and lateral wall regions are defined independently of each other, with a slit defined therebetween. The lower securing portion of the bracket, fixedly secured on the seat back frame, is relatively easy to bend forwardly relative to the seat back frame by an external load applied to the rearward side thereof. A stopper wire member, which has an abutment end portion, is provided over the vertical wall region of bracket and a part of the seat back frame, such that the abutment end portion is oriented toward the operation lever.

Abstract: A flat motor suitable for driving the fan of an internal combustion engine includes a stationary cover member in the form of a disk adapted to be fixedly secured to a stationary support and a shaft secured at one end to the center of the cover member. A permanent magnet ring is secured to the cover member about the shaft and a rotor of synthetic resin material having an electric coil embedded therein is rotatably mounted on a shaft by means of a ball bearing which supports the entire weight of the shaft. A commutator ring assembly is secured to one side of the rotor and a bearing sleeve is mounted between the commutator ring and the shaft. A yoke is provided on the opposite side of the electrical coil from the permanent magnet and may be comprised of a plurality of disks of magnetic material secured in the resin material. A disk of soft magnetic material having a fan assembly integrally molded about the outer periphery thereof is secured to the rotor in engagement with the disk comprising the yoke.

Abstract: A disk-shaped and coreless type electric motor for controlling the tilt of a throttle valve. The motor includes a field magnet having at least one pair of N and S poles and a stator armature having at least one set of coils disposed in face-to-face confronting relation to the magnet. The shaft of the motor is coupled directly to the shaft carrying the throttle valve, the latter shaft being urged by a spring toward a position where the valve throttles off the passage of air. The coil is so positioned relatively to the N and S poles of the magnet that when the coil is excited, any conductor portions thereof can act effectively to develop torque to rotate the magnet.

Abstract: An electric motor for controlling the tilt of a throttle valve is disclosed. A rotatable field magnet having at least two pairs of N and S poles is mounted on a rotary shaft carrying the throttle valve for rotation relative to a disk-shaped stator yoke having at least one armature coil formed therearound. The coil includes a first toroidal windings of conductor effective for the development of torque wound in one direction and a second toroidal windings of conductor similarly effective for the development of torque wound in the other direction and disposed away from said first toroidal windings of conductor circumferentially of the stator yoke at an angular interval which is equal to about 2n-1 times the pole-to-pole interval of said magnet, said first and second windings being electrically connected to each other. The first and second windings of conductor are phase shifted in spaced-apart relation to each other.