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Licorice root containing glycyrrhizin is the most prescribed crude drug in Chinese medicine, included in about 70% of Chinese herbs. It is also used in Kanpo, Japan’s equivalent of TCM. Glycyrrhizin extracted from licorice is 150 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, used as a sweetener and as a remedy to reinforce liver function. In […]
The product, 10-hydroxy-cis-12-octadecenoic acid (HYA®), had originally been detected as a metabolite of dietary lipids and fatty acids by intestinal bacteria by the group of Jun OGAWA at Kyoto University. Further research at Nitto Pharmaceutical Co. had shown that this fatty acid inhibits the rise of postprandial blood glucose levels. A process has been developed by […]
In collaboration with the startup company Spiber https://www.spiber.jp, Japan’s sportswear producer Goldwin has offered a web-based lottery for the purchase of 50 pieces of a ski jacket named “moon parka” made from 3 layers, the outermost one of Spiber’s “spider silk” protein. Price with tax is 150,000 ¥ (about 1260 €). The two companies had already released […]
