[Problem] To provide: a technique capable of reducing harmful bacteria without reducing beneficial bacteria; and a bacterial flora-improving agent and an antibacterial agent which use the same. According to the present invention, the number of harmful bacteria can be suppressed without suppressing the number of beneficial bacteria. Therefore, according to the present invention, bacterial flora can be effectively improved. Moreover, this antibacterial agent does not reduce beneficial bacteria, and thus the reduction of side effects such as diarrhea due to a reduction in the beneficial bacteria can be expected. [Solution] This bacterial flora-improving agent is characterized by containing an agaro-oligosaccharide as an active ingredient, wherein the active ingredient is used in one used amount among (a)-(c) below: (a) a used amount which does not suppress the number of bacteria belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium; (b) a used amount which does not suppress the number of bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus; and (c) a used amount of at least 80 mg and less than 12,000 mg per day.
A61K 31/702 - Oligosaccharides, i.e. having three to five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages
A23L 33/125 - Modifying nutritive qualities of foodsDietetic productsPreparation or treatment thereof using additives containing carbohydrate syrupsModifying nutritive qualities of foodsDietetic productsPreparation or treatment thereof using additives containing sugarsModifying nutritive qualities of foodsDietetic productsPreparation or treatment thereof using additives containing sugar alcoholsModifying nutritive qualities of foodsDietetic productsPreparation or treatment thereof using additives containing starch hydrolysates
A61K 31/7004 - Monosaccharides having only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms
A61K 31/7016 - Disaccharides, e.g. lactose, lactulose
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
03 - Cosmetics and toiletries; cleaning, bleaching, polishing and abrasive preparations
29 - Meat, dairy products, prepared or preserved foods
Goods & Services
Polysaccharide of agar derived from red algae, namely agarose and agaropectin. Cosmetics using dried pieces of agar jelly (kanten). Dried pieces of agar jelly (kanten) in powder form; dried pieces of agar jelly (kanten).
Provided are: a dry composition of any of various shapes which has heat resistance that renders the composition less apt to dissolve away even when boiled and which has restorability (water swellability); and a food comprising the dry composition. The dry composition contains agar and alginic acid salts in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:20, and is characterized in that the alginic acid salts comprise a salt of a monovalent cation and a salt of a divalent cation, that the amount of divalent cations is 0.04-0.30 mol and the amount of monovalent cations is 0.10-0.70 mol, per mole of the monomer units of the alginic acid salts, that the molar ratio of the divalent cations to the monovalent cations is 1.0:0.35 to 1.0:8.70, and that the dry composition, when in either 20°C distilled water or 90°C distilled water, absorbs water and swells to turn to a gel, the weight of which is 15-100 times the weight of the dry composition.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
29 - Meat, dairy products, prepared or preserved foods
Goods & Services
Polysaccharide of agar derived from red algae, namely
agarose and agaropectin. Dried pieces of agar jelly (kanten) in powder form; dried
pieces of agar jelly (kanten).
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COMPOSITION FOR EXTERNAL USE ON SKIN, COSMETIC, AND CLEANING AGENT
Disclosed is a composition for external use on skin whereby the slimy feel of xanthan gum is reduced. Said composition, which can be spread evenly on skin and does not produce a liquid residue as a result of temperature changes, contains, by mass, 0.1-10% of a component (A) (water-soluble macromolecules consisting of agar, with a weight-average molecular weight between 10,000 and 60,000, mixed with xanthan gum in a mass ratio between 4:6 and 8:2) and at least 30% of a component (D) (water). Also disclosed is the aforementioned composition for external use on skin also containing, by mass, 0.5-40% of a component (B) (a divalent polyol). Also disclosed is one of the aforementioned compositions for external use on skin also containing a component (C) (at least one moisturizing agent selected from among the following: hyaluronic acid, salts thereof, pyrrolidone carboxylate, salts thereof, glycerin, diglycerin, and polyglycerin). Also disclosed is one of the aforementioned compositions for external use on skin also containing a component (E) (oil content).
A61Q 17/00 - Barrier preparationsPreparations brought into direct contact with the skin for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X-rays or other harmful rays, corrosive materials, bacteria or insect stings
It is intended to provide a method for removing briosose in which briosose is removed from Tengusa (agar-agar) to which briosose is attached without damaging Tengusa, Tengusa obtained by the method, agar produced using the obtained Tengusa, and a method for producing agar. The method for removing briosose is characterized by dipping Tengusa to which briosose is attached in an alkaline aqueous solution at a temperature of from 0 to 50°C and removing the briosose.
Disclosed is a disintegrating agent having a satisfactory disintegrating effect. Also disclosed is a table or granule containing the disintegrating agent. The disintegrating agent comprises a modified xanthan gum which is produced by treating a purified xanthan gum with heat while maintaining its powdery form. The table or granule contains the disintegrating agent in an amount of 0.1 to 30 wt%. The modified xanthan gum is preferably prepared into a water-insoluble form. The modified xanthan gum is preferably treated with heat at a temperature ranging from 50 to 250˚C inclusive. The treatment with heat is preferably conducted for a period of 10 seconds to 1000 hours.
