US 7,531,520 B2
	Drug and food or drink for improving pancreatic functions
Miyuki Tanaka, Zama (Japan); Eriko Misawa, Zama (Japan); Noriko Habara, Zama (Japan); and Muneo Yamada, Zama (Japan)
Assigned to Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/576,676 PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2006, PCT No. PCT/JP2006/303708 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 04, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/123464, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 23, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-144386 (JP), filed on May 17, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0125379 A1, May 29, 2008
Int. Cl. A01N 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 36/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 514—26  [424/725; 424/400]

3 Claims

1. A method for improving pancreatic functions, which comprises administering a purified compound having a structure represented by the following chemical compound or a composition containing the purified compound to a subject whose pancreatic functions are to be improved: