Composition having effects of preventing or ameliorating conditions or diseases caused by brain hypofunction
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsKengo Akimoto, Hiroshi Kawashima, Yoshiko Ono, Hiroshige Okaichi, Youko Okaichi
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a composition that has preventive or ameliorative action on symptoms or diseases caused by decreased brain function. This composition contains, as its active ingredient, arachidonic acid and/or a compound having arachidonic acid as a constituent fatty acid and, particularly, an alcohol ester of arachidonic acid or a triglyceride, phospholipid or glycolipid in which all or a portion of the constituent fatty acids are arachidonic acid.
Claims20
A method of treating or ameliorating decreased learning ability, decreased cognitive ability, or decreased memory, each of which is caused by decreased brain function accompanying aging in a subject, the method comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising arachidonic acid and/or a compound having arachidonic acid as a constituent fatty acid in a therapeutically effective amount to treat or ameliorate said decreased learning ability, decreased cognitive ability, or decreased memory accompanying aging,
- wherein the subject is human, and wherein the therapeutically effective amount for a human adult represents a daily arachidonic acid intake of 0.05-5 g.
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