Central nervous system activator and taste enhancing food additive
AssigneeIatron Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsMasanobu Haga, Keiji Wada
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Abstract
A central nervous system activator comprising a body or a dried product of a plant belonging to Rutaceae, or an extraction product selected from the group consisting of a lower alkane insoluble portion thereof, a lower fatty acid ester extract of the lower alkane insoluble portion, a lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion of the lower fatty acid ester extract, a limonin fraction of the lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion, and an obacunone fraction of the lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion and a central nervous system activator comprising a limonoid. Further, a taste enhancing food additive comprising the above plant body or dried product or extraction product, or limonoid.
Claims22
A method for activating the central nervous system of a warm blooded animal comprising administering to said warm blooded animal a central nervous system activating effective amount of body parts of a plant belonging to Rutaceae, or an extraction product selected from the group consisting of a lower alkane insoluble portion thereof, a lower fatty acid ester extract of the lower alkane soluble portion of the lower fatty acid ester extract, a limonin fraction of the lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion, and an obacunone fraction of the lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion.
A method for enhancing the taste of food comprising adding to said food, body parts of a plant belonging to Rutaceae, or a processed product thereof.
A method for activating the central nervous system of a warm blooded animal in need of such treatment, which comprises administering to said animal a central nervous system activating effective amount of a limonoid.
A method for activating the central nervous system in a warm blooded animal in need of such treatment, which comprises administering to said animal a central nervous system activating effective amount of obacunone.
A central nervous system activator comprising an extraction product of a plant belonging to Rutaceae selected from the group consisting of a lower alkane insoluble portion thereof, a lower fatty acid ester extract of the lower alkane insoluble portion, and a lower fatty acid ester-halogenated lower alkane soluble portion of the lower fatty acid ester extract and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
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