NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
OLIPHENOL, LLC (USA)
Inventor
Crea, Roberto
Takeda, Yohei
Ogawa, Haruko
Abstract
An olive component composition with anti-viral activity is disclosed. The olive component composition can be used to prevent, treat, or ameliorate symptoms of, viral infection.
A01N 27/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing hydrocarbons
A01N 31/08 - Oxygen or sulfur directly attached to an aromatic ring system
A01N 35/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio-analogues thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Crea, Roberto
Takeda, Yohei
Ogawa, Haruko
Abstract
An olive component composition with anti-viral activity is disclosed. The olive component composition can be used to prevent, treat, or ameliorate symptoms of, viral infection.
A01N 27/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing hydrocarbons
A01N 31/08 - Oxygen or sulfur directly attached to an aromatic ring system
A01N 35/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio-analogues thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
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COMPOSTING APPARATUS, COMPOSTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Miyatake Fumihito,
Abstract
This composting apparatus (1) is provided with: an air delivery unit (20) for delivering air to a compost material (100); a temperature measurement unit (30) for measuring the temperature of the compost material (100); and a control unit (40) for controlling the air delivery unit (20) on the basis of the temperature of the compost material (100) so that air is intermittently delivered to the compost material (100). The control unit (40) may control the air delivery unit (20) so that a constant amount of air is delivered to the compost material (100). The temperature measurement unit (30) measures the temperature of the compost material (100) at fixed time intervals, and, on the basis of the temperature of the compost material (100), the control unit (40) may set, at fixed intervals, an activation period in which the air delivery unit (20) is activated and a deactivation period in which the air delivery unit (20) is deactivated.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Miyatake Fumihito
Abstract
This composting apparatus (1) is provided with: an air delivery unit (20) for delivering air to a compost material (100); a temperature measurement unit (30) for measuring the temperature of the compost material (100); and a control unit (40) for controlling the air delivery unit (20) on the basis of the temperature of the compost material (100) so that air is intermittently delivered to the compost material (100). The control unit (40) may control the air delivery unit (20) so that a constant amount of air is delivered to the compost material (100). The temperature measurement unit (30) measures the temperature of the compost material (100) at fixed time intervals, and, on the basis of the temperature of the compost material (100), the control unit (40) may set, at fixed intervals, an activation period in which the air delivery unit (20) is activated and a deactivation period in which the air delivery unit (20) is deactivated.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Kuchida, Keigo
Kanai, Toshio
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method which enables marbling inspection that can produce almost the same results as those produced in an inspection by human eyes even in a carcass having a relatively high fat area ratio regardless of the level of the fat area ratio. The present invention relates to a method for inspecting the marbling in a cross section of an edible meat, which comprises: extracting a rib eye in a digital image of a transverse cross section of the edible meat; separating the rib eye into a muscle and a marbling part in the obtained digital image of the rib eye; calculating a fat area ratio which represents the ratio of the area of the digital image of the marbling part to the area of the digital image of the muscle; calculating a fineness index of marbling from the image of the marbling part by dividing the sum total of the boundary lengths of marbling particles by the square root of the area of the rib eye; and then evaluating the marbling on the basis of the fat area ratio and the fineness index.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Kuchida, Keigo
Abstract
Without relying on a subjective assessment, the invention provides a meat color grade determination standard creation method and a meat color grade determination method that enable detailed meat color grade determination and automation of meat color grade determination. The invention is related to the meat color grade determination standard creation method, in which: (1) a digital image is extracted from the surfaces of multiple meat specimens; (2) a CIELab value for each meat specimen is found from an RGB value of the extracted digital image; (3) a grade of meat color is determined for each meat specimen; and (4) a meat color grade determination standard is found from the relationship between any two factors and the grade, said factors being of the CIELab values found for the multiple meat specimens. Moreover, the invention is related to a meat color grade determination method containing a step in which: (5) for the meat specimens, which are items for inspection, steps (1) and (2) are performed to find the CIELab values, and in reference to the meat color grade determination standard obtained by step (4), the grades of the meat colors of the meat specimens that are the items for inspection are found.
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01J 3/50 - Measurement of colourColour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using electric radiation detectors
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Shichiri, Mototada
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Herbas Costas, Maria Shirley
Abstract
Provided is a drug for preventing or treating malaria, the drug containing an effective amount of a compound that lowers the blood concentration of α-tocopherol.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (Japan)
Inventor
Ogawa, Haruko
Imai, Kunitoshi
Tagami, Takahiro
Abstract
Disclosed are: a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus having enhanced immune response to viruses, without requiring the use of any enzyme; an influenza virus vaccine having a high effect (antigenicity), which is produced using an α-Gal-expressing virus produced by the method; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus, which comprises the steps of: (1) introducing an α1,3-galactose transferase gene into a cell system incapable of expressing an α-galactose epitope (Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R: referred to as "α-Gal", hereinafter) in such a manner that the gene can be expressed in the cell system, thereby producing a cell system capable of expressing α-Gal; (2) inoculating a virus to the cell system capable of expressing α-Gal, thereby producing a virus-infected cell system; and (3) culturing the virus-infected cell system and obtaining a virus capable of expressing α-Gal from a culture solution; and a method for producing a vaccine, which comprises producing an α-Gal-expressing virus by the aforementioned method and preparing the vaccine from the resulting virus.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (Japan)
Inventor
Ogawa, Haruko
Tagami, Takahiro
Abstract
Disclosed are: a means for expressing α-Gal in a virus without using any enzyme; the production of a virus having α-Gal expressed therein by utilizing the means; the production of a vaccine from the virus; an influenza virus vaccine having a high effect (antigenicity), which is produced using a virus having enhanced immune response to a virus; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a transgenic bird which can express an α-galactose epitope (Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R: referred to as "α-Gal", hereinafter), wherein the bird is a chicken and may be G0 or a progeny thereof; a method for producing a transgenic bird, which comprises introducing a vector that is used for the introduction of an α1,3-galactose transferase (α1,3-GT) gene and contains an α1,3-GT gene in such a manner that the gene can be expressed, into a bird, thereby producing the transgenic bird; a biological sample, such as an egg, obtained from the transgenic bird; and a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus, which comprises inoculating a biological sample with a virus, cultivating the biological sample that has been inoculated with the virus, and obtaining a virus capable of expressing α-Gal from the cultivated biological sample.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
YOSHIDA, Mayumi (Japan)
YOSHIDA, Nobuo (Japan)
YOSHIDA, Kyoko (Japan)
Inventor
Yoshida, Kazuya
Abstract
It is intended to develop a technique whereby a vaccine for swine edema disease is produced at a low cost and a high efficiency. More specifically, swine edema disease toxic protein (Stx2e protein) gene is expressed in a plant cell at a high efficiency and thus a plant vaccine for swine edema disease is produced at a low cost. Stx2e protein having a plant-origin secretion signal peptide that has been attached to the amino end thereof is expressed in a plant cell (for example, lettuce) by using the 5'-untranslation region of plant-origin alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH5'UTR).
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Eisai Food & Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
Imai, Kunitoshi
Ogawa, Haruko
Yoshimura, Hiroyuki
Abstract
It is intended to provide a novel antiviral agent having a high safety. Namely, an anti-influenza virus agent which contains hydroxytyrosol as the active ingredient is provided. The above-described anti-influenza virus agent is a highly useful one which also exhibits an effect on bird flu, is highly safe to humans and animals and can be taken as a food too.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Saito, Hideki
Abstract
A composition for protecting a transplanted organ, a composition for promoting the survival of a transplanted organ, or a composition for preserving a transplanted organ, each containing erythropoietin (EPO) as the active ingredient.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Xuan, Xuenan
Jia, Honglin
Zhou, Jinlin
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Fujisaki, Kozo
Igarashi, Ikuo
Abstract
⏧PROBLEMS] It is intended to provide a major antigen gene and a major antigen protein of B. gibsoni protozoa. Further, it is intended to provide a diagnostic antigen, a vaccine for prevention and the like for canine B. gibsoni infection using the gene. ⏧MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A DNA encoding a secretory antigen 1 (BgSA1) protein of B gibsoni protozoa; an expression product of a BgSA1 gene (recombinant BgSA1 protein); a synthetic peptide based on a BgSA1 gene sequence; a therapeutic preparation using an antiserum or an antibody against the recombinant BgSA1 protein and the BgSA1 synthetic peptide; a diagnostic preparation using the recombinant BgSA1 protein or the BgSA1 synthetic peptide as an antigen; a DNA diagnosis targeting the BgSA1 gene; a vaccine preparation for prevention using the recombinant BgSA1 protein or the BgSA1 synthetic peptide; a recombinant virus vaccine in which the BgSA1 gene has been integrated; a plasmid vaccine in which the BgSA1 gene has been integrated (DNA vaccine).
A61K 39/395 - AntibodiesImmunoglobulinsImmune serum, e.g. antilymphocytic serum
A61P 33/02 - Antiprotozoals, e.g. for leishmaniasis, trichomoniasis, toxoplasmosis
C07K 14/44 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans from protozoa
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE (Japan)
Inventor
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Abstract
A process for the production of an organic compound having one or more free hydroxyl and/or thiol groups by subjecting an organic compound whose hydroxyl and/or thiol groups are at least partially acylated (hereinafter referred to as 旜an acylated organic compound”) to deacylation, wherein the deacylation is conducted by bringing the acylated organic compound into contact with a basic ion-exchange resin. The invention provides a process of deacylation which is applicable even to pH-sensitive compounds, compounds little extractible with an organic solvent because of their high water solubility, and compounds little separable from inorganic salts and which permits easy and simple deacylation without neutralization.
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