Masahiro Shiraga 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).
Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production, each comprising as an effective ingredient a specified compound or a salt thereof having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production; a method for enhancing nerve growth factor production, comprising administering to a mammal the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof; and use of the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof in the preparation of a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production. In addition, the present invention provides novel compounds having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production.