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Title:
NOVEL CAROTENOID
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/045561
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problems of providing an anticancer drug comprising a carotenoid and of providing a novel carotenoid and an antioxidant comprising the novel carotenoid. The above problems are solved by the discovery that a lycopene derivative and a γ-carotene derivative contained in an extract of the aril of Momordica cochinchinensis have excellent anticancer activity. The present invention further provides a novel lycopene derivative, a novel γ-carotene derivative and a novel antioxidant comprising these substances. A dietary composition comprising the lycopene derivative and the γ-carotene derivative are also provided.

Inventors:
MAOKA TAKASHI (JP)
NISHINO HOYOKU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/005473
Publication Date:
March 27, 2014
Filing Date:
September 17, 2013
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Assignee:
BIZEN CHEMICAL CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
C07C403/08; A23L1/30; A61K31/045; A61K31/047; A61K31/232; A61K36/42; A61P35/00; A61P39/06; C07C33/02; C07C35/06
Foreign References:
US7572468B12009-08-11
Other References:
FOOD CHEMISTRY, vol. 127, 2011, pages 1138 - 1145
BIOSCI.BIOTECHNOL.BIOCHEM., vol. 66, no. 11, 2002, pages 2479 - 2482
ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES, vol. 701, 1998, pages 71 - 85
PURE & APPL.CHEM., vol. 69, no. 10, 1997, pages 2135 - 2140
BIOSCI.BIOTECHNOL.BIOCHEM, vol. 67, no. 12, 2003, pages 2644 - 2647
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YAMAMOTO, Shusaku et al. (JP)
Shusaku Yamamoto (JP)
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