Metabolism-improving agent comprising rare fatty acid
AssigneesKyoto University, Noster Inc.
InventorsJun OGAWA, Shigenobu KISHINO, Teruo KAWADA, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi GOTO, Yasunori YONEJIMA
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Abstract
The invention provides a metabolism improving agent containing a rare fatty acid such as hydroxylated fatty acid, oxo fatty acid and the like, and further, food, pharmaceutical product and the like containing the metabolism improving agent.
Claims15
A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease relating to metabolism, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a fatty acid that is
- (1) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 13-position,
- (2) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 15-position,
- (3) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 12-position, or
- (4) a fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position.
A method for promoting a PPAR activity, wherein the PPAR is PPARα or PPARγ, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a fatty acid that is
- (1) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 13-position,
- (2) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 15-position,
- (3) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 12-position, or
- (4) a fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.