Abstract: [Problem] The present invention seeks to provide a composition for plants that is highly safe and that contributes to early harvesting, increasing yield, and increasing added value of crops. Specifically, the present invention provides a yeast extract that, by addition to a foliar surface spray or to soil or water, provides an effect of promoting growth, an effect of root lengthening, an effect of improved taste, and an effect of increased amino acid content of a plant. A substance obtained from yeast that is edible and considered to be safe is preferred as the yeast extract. [Means for Solving the Problem] A yeast extract having a peptide content of 5 wt % or more and an RNA content of 5 wt % or more is sprayed onto or provided as fertilizer to a plant. The yeast extract is preferably derived from Candida utilis, which is edible and considered to be safe.

Abstract: A method for producing a foaming material for a composition to be foamed, the method includes: suspending a yeast cell residue in water; adjusting a pH of a yeast cell suspension to an acidic side; and heating a yeast cell suspension, the foaming material includes a yeast extract having a protein content of 35% by weight or more per solid content and a dietary fiber content of 30% by weight or more per solid content, and the foaming material is contained in the composition at from 0.001% to 1% by weight.

Abstract: [Problem] To manufacture a foaming member using a low-cost method having little environmental impact, in which the air bubbles in an air-bubble-containing product are enhanced and stability is improved, without imparting viscosity, coloring, flavor, cloudiness, odor, etc. Also, to provide an effective use of yeast cell residue generated as a byproduct of a yeast extract. [Solution] A yeast cell residue remaining after a useful extract is removed from a yeast is suspended in water, and is heated after pH adjustment, and then a supernatant is obtained by centrifugal separation. This fraction contains, in relation to the solid content, 35 wt % or more of protein and 30 wt % or more of dietary fiber, and is usable in the foaming member.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention seeks to provide a composition for plants that is highly safe and that contributes to early harvesting, increasing yield, and increasing added value of crops. Specifically, the present invention provides a yeast extract that, by addition to a foliar surface spray or to soil or water, provides an effect of promoting growth, an effect of root lengthening, an effect of improved taste, and an effect of increased amino acid content of a plant. A substance obtained from yeast that is edible and considered to be safe is preferred as the yeast extract. [Means for Solving the Problem] A yeast extract having a peptide content of 5 wt % or more and an RNA content of 5 wt % or more is sprayed onto or provided as fertilizer to a plant. The yeast extract is preferably derived from Candida utilis, which is edible and considered to be safe.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition of consistent quality and having a stable supply of source material, with focus on Torula yeast, which is edible and recognized as safe, in order to resolve issues with omega 3 sources. [Means for Solving the Problem] As a result of intensive study to resolve the above-noted issues, the inventors of the present invention have discovered that a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition can be obtained using residue of yeast extract extracted from Torula yeast (Candida utilis), for example, which is currently produced in large quantities for application in foods, and so arrived at the present invention.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition of consistent quality and having a stable supply of source material, with focus on Torula yeast, which is edible and recognized as safe, in order to resolve issues with omega 3 sources. [Means for Solving the Problem] As a result of intensive study to resolve the above-noted issues, the inventors of the present invention have discovered that a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition can be obtained using residue of yeast extract extracted from Torula yeast (Candida utilis), for example, which is currently produced in large quantities for application in foods, and so arrived at the present invention.

Abstract: To produce a glucosylceramide composition suitable for a functional food or a medicinal product, having stable quality, and cleared of contaminants such as sterol glycosides. An objective is to produce a glucosylceramide composition at low cost from a raw material which is safe, has been eaten by human beings, and is readily available. A glucosylceramide-containing composition is produced by extraction from a raw material of a yeast residue in an organic solvent, such as an alcohol, the yeast residue being obtained after extraction of yeast extract from Torula yeast or the like.

Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for use in accessing selected address numbered with a preselected distance left between two adjacent ones of the selected addresses, a control circuit centralizes control operation of a switching network with reference to a reference one of the selected addresses and the preselected distance to make the switching network form internal paths between input and output port sets of the switching network. Alternatively, when ports of a selected one of the input and output port sets are accessed at a predetermined port interval, the control circuit controls the switching network with reference to the predetermined port interval and a reference port selected from the selected port set. A leading port of the other set is determined to be connected to the reference port. A rearranging circuit may be connected to one of the input and output port sets to rearrange an order of the ports of the one port set in consideration of the port distance.