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US 8,283,311 B2Granted
Peptide-containing food intake regulator
AssigneeMaruha Nichiro Foods, Inc.
InventorsHiroyuki Enari, Motohiko Tada, Yoshinori Takahashi, Masataka Kawarasaki
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Abstract
A safe and widely-applicable food intake regulator can be provided by using at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of a fish or mammalian melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and enzymatic digests thereof, which have the activity to suppress food intake.
Claims7
A method for treating or preventing obesity, comprising
- administering an active ingredient to a subject in an amount effective to suppress food intake thereby treating or preventing obesity,
- wherein the active ingredient is a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence Arg Cys Met Leu Gly Arg Val Tyr Arg Pro Cys Trp Gln Val (SEQ ID NO:
- 29), or salts thereof.
A method of suppressing food intake of a subject, comprising
- administering an active ingredient to the subject in an amount necessary for the food intake suppression,
- wherein the active ingredient is a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence Arg Cys Met Leu Gly Arg Val Tyr Arg Pro Cys Trp Gln Val (SEQ ID NO:
- 29), or salts thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.