Abstract: An antiviral agent of an antiviral ability against various viruses and a method of producing the same are provided. A heat treatment is applied to a calcium-containing substance represented by calcium carbonate-containing substances originating from the animal such as clamshell, eggshell, crustacean shell, bone, coral, and pearl, and calcium carbonate-containing minerals such as limestone. When a temperature of the heat treatment is not less than 650° C. and less than a melting point of the calcium component-containing substance, a sufficient time of the heat treatment is 2 to 13 hours.

Abstract: A germicidal ceramics of an excellent germicidal ability without releasing any substance to damage health of animals and plants, a method for producing the same and a sterilizing method using the same are provided. The germicidal ceramics is produced by mixing zeolite and clamshell in a weight ratio of 90:10 to 50:50 and then pulverizing the both into particles having an average size of not more than 200 &mgr;m. Alternatively, the germicidal ceramics is produced by mixing, in a weight ratio of 90:10 to 50:50, zeolite powder and clamshell powder previously pulverized into the particles having an average size of not more than 200 &mgr;m respectively to prepare mixed powder, then compacting the mixed powder to obtain a compact which is heated at 100 to 300° C. and at 400 to 650° C. in a stepwise manner, and sintering the compact at 700 to 1050° C. The bacteria is sterilized by the germicidal ceramics immersed in a liquid in which the bacteria exist.

Abstract: An antiviral agent of an antiviral ability against various viruses and a method of producing the same are provided. A heat treatment is applied to a calcium-containing substance represented by calcium carbonate-containing substances originating from the animal such as clamshell, eggshell, crustacean shell, bone, coral, and pearl, and calcium carbonate-containing minerals such as limestone. When a temperature of the heat treatment is not less than 650° C. and less than a melting point of the calcium component-containing substance, a sufficient time of the heat treatment is 2 to 13 hours.

Abstract: A ceramic and method of producing the same are disclosed, the ceramic having as principal ingredients natural zeolite and shells, wherein silver nitrate, magnesium oxide, potassium oxide, sodium oxide selenium oxide and ferric oxide are added thereto, and the resultant mixture fired to produce a granular ceramic. The granular ceramic enables the production of deoxidized water having an appropriately low oxidation reduction potential, for use as drinking water and the like.