Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a nutritional composition for preventing diarrhea enabling ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form. A nutritional composition that is prepared by selecting a pectin having a degree of esterification of 10 to 30%, a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, and a degree of free acids of 64% or more and less than 85% among pectins, and mixing the selected pectin with lipid, carbohydrate and protein, enables ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a nutritional composition for preventing diarrhea enabling ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form. A nutritional composition that is prepared by selecting a pectin having a degree of esterification of 10 to 30%, a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, and a degree of free acids of 64% or more and less than 85% among pectins, and mixing the selected pectin with lipid, carbohydrate and protein, enables ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form.

Abstract: The invention provides an anti-EDA monoclonal antibody which recognizes an amino acid sequence portion in the EDA region of fibronectin (FN). The antibody of the invention has specific reactivity against EDA, in particular EDA-FN. By utilizing it, a simple and easy, high-sensitivity and high-precision immunoassay method for EDA-FN as well as a screening or diagnostic technique for EDA-FN-associated inflammatory and other diseases can be established.

Abstract: The invention provides a selective adsorbent for cellular fibronectin (cFN) and a method for fractional purification of FN which includes contacting an FN material containing plasma fibronectin (pFN) and cFN with a crosslinked polysaccharide sulfate and/or an immobilized polysaccharide sulfate to fractionate the pFN and cFN.By the fractional purification method of the invention, cFN and pFN can be fractionated in an expedient manner and with high efficiency and both pFN and cFN can be recovered in high purity and good yield.