Abstract: Provided is a loosening agent for a starch-containing food having a favorable loosening property. Also provided are a method for improving a loosening property of a starch-containing food, and a method for producing a starch-containing food having a favorable loosening property. Specifically, a loosening agent for a starch-containing food, that is for use as an emulsion product or is for use as an emulsion product by adding water to the loosening agent for a starch-containing food, comprising: an oil and/or fat composition containing an oil and/or fat and an emulsifier; and a thickening polysaccharide, wherein the emulsion product has a viscosity of 50 to 10000 mPa·s (25° C.) is provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide an oil-and/or-fat composition including a roasted oil, the oil-and/or-fat composition having improved oxidation stability, and a food produced by using the oil-and/or-fat composition. The oil-and/or-fat composition according to the invention includes therein 15 to 100% by mass of at least one roasted oil selected from the group consisting of a roasted soybean oil obtained by roasting soybeans at the roasting temperature of 220 to 300 degrees C. and a roasted rapeseed oil obtained by roasting rapeseeds at the roasting temperature of 210 to 300 degrees C.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an edible fat and oil composition which makes possible to prepare cooked foods having good taste and smell. The present invention also discloses an edible fat and oil composition comprising palm olein having an iodine value of 64 or more and corn oil.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a edible fat and oil composition which suppresses cooked odor of oil. The present invention also discloses an edible fat and oil composition which comprises palm olein having an iodine value of 66 or more and rapeseed oil.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an edible fat and oil composition having a good flavor. The present invention also discloses an edible fat and oil composition comprising palm olein having an iodine value of 64 or more, corn oil and rapeseed oil.

Abstract: The present invention discloses serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulators containing triglyceride of medium-chain fatty acids, wherein 90% or more by weight of the fatty acids as components of the medium-chain triglyceride are saturated fatty acids having 8 and 10 carbon atoms; weight ratio between the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms and those having 10 carbon atoms is 60/40 to 85/15; and the proportion of the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms in all the fatty acids bonding to the second position of the triglyceride is 60 to 85 % by weight. The present invention also discloses foods for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins and pharmaceutical compositions for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins, which contain the serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulator.

Abstract: The present invention discloses serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulators containing triglyceride of medium-chain fatty acids, wherein 90% or more by weight of the fatty acids as components of the medium-chain triglyceride are saturated fatty acids having 8 and 10 carbon atoms; weight ratio between the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms and those having 10 carbon atoms is 60/40 to 85/15; and the proportion of the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms in all the fatty acids bonding to the second position of the triglyceride is 60 to 85 % by weight. The present invention also discloses foods for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins and pharmaceutical compositions for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins, which contain the serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulator.

Abstract: Replication source data is accessed in units of physical blocks as is conventional, and the entire volume is transmitted to a replication destination. In the replication destination, the received data is stored as a file. In this case, the file is managed using a file system according to a replication destination operating system. Since a volume is managed as a file, there is no need for their respective types of replication source and destination operating systems to be the same, and there is also no need for their respective volume sizes to be the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a regulator for the amount of body fat containing a medium chain triglyceride, which can be used conveniently without any concern about the side effect and any restraint on the diet. 90% by mass or more of fatty acids constituting medium chain triglycerides are comprised of saturated fatty acids having 8 and 10 carbon atoms, the ratio by mass of the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms to the saturated fatty acids having 10 carbon atoms is 60:40 to 85:15, and the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms is present in an amount of 60 to 85% by mass of the total fatty acids bonded to the triglycerides at the 2-position. In addition, the present invention relates to a food product containing the above-mentioned regulator for the amount of body fat, which product is capable of regulating the body fat.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blood neutral fat concentration controlling agent containing medium-chain triglycerides, wherein at least 90% by mass of the fatty acids constituting the medium-chain triglycerides are saturated fatty acids having 8 and 10 carbon atoms, a mass ratio of the saturated fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms to the saturated fatty acid having 10 carbon atoms is 60/40 to 85/15, and an amount of the saturated fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms is 60 to 85% by mass based on the total fatty acids bonded to the 2-position of the triglycerides, and also foods for controlling blood neutral fat concentration, which contain the agent. According to the present invention, the neutral fat concentration in human blood can be easily controlled without dieting and without fear of side effects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polypropylene resin composition which permits the formation of materials having high strength and stiffness, less warpage deformation and such excellent mechanical durability that these materials can be used when load is applied continuously for a long term or when load is applied repeatedly.The polypropylene resin composition contains the three components of (a) 40 to 75% by weight of a modified polypropylene obtained by heating and melting a mixture prepared by adding at least (1) 0.01 to 2% by weight of an unsaturated acid, (2) 0.1 to 3% by weight of an unsaturated silane and (3) an organic peroxide to a crystalline polypropylene, (b) 10 to 35% by weight of glass fibers, and (c) 15 to 45% by weight of a mica powder, and the components (b) and (c) are blended with the component (a) so that the total amount of the components (b) and (c) may be in the range of from 25 to 60% by weight based on the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine having excellent vibration-damping properties which is prepared by molding a composition comprising 75 to 30% by weight, based on the composition, of resin components comprising 50 to 80% by weight of a polyamide resin and 50 to 20% by weight of a modified polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated acid or its derivative, the total of both the resins being 100% by weight, 15 to 30% by weight of glass fibers based on the composition, and 10 to 40% by weight of mica based on the composition.

Abstract: Polypropylene compositions reinforced by glass fibers having superiority in mechanical properties, rigidity and visual appearance are provided by melting and kneading a mixture of (A) polypropylene resin modified by an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof or a polypropylene resin containing 5 parts by weight or more of polypropylene resin modified by an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, (B) a polyamide resin obtained by the polycondensation of metaxylene diamine and adipic acid and (C) glass fibers, each in specified amount.