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AssigneeNitta Gelatin Inc.
InventorsFumihito Sugihara, Naoki Inoue, Seiko Koizumi, Chinfang Liu, Hajime Takasaki, Hisayuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Mano, Sachie Nakatani, Masahiro Wada
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A problem that the present invention is to solve is to provide: a main body of a peptide molecule which is effective for inhibition of various maladies such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and pressure ulcer, particularly, a dipeptide which is easy to absorb into a body in an intestine; a collagen peptide which comprises the dipeptide as an essential dipeptide; and a malady inhibitor which comprises the dipeptide as an essential effective component. As a means of solving such a problem, a collagen peptide according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a dipeptide having a structure of Hyp-Gly as an essential dipeptide. A dipeptide according to the present invention is characterized by having a structure of Hyp-Gly. A malady inhibitor according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a dipeptide having a structure of Hyp-Gly as an essential effective component.
A method of inhibiting osteoporosis, osteoarthritis or pressure ulcer, comprising administering an effective amount of the dipeptide Hyp-Gly to a patient in need thereof.
A method of inhibiting osteoporosis or osteoarthritis, comprising administering an effective amount of the dipeptide Hyp-Gly to a patient in need thereof.
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