CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM CONTROL SUBSTANCE ORIGINATED FROM PERSIMMON LEAF AND PERSIMMON BRANCH

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substance which is found in natural products, promotes insulin secretion from the pancreatic β cells and effectively prevents and cures diabetes without producing side effects.;SOLUTION: Persimmon leaves, persimmon branches, and their extracts and kaempferol constituting the aglycon of the major flavonoids contained in them are found to have an insulin secretion action to the pancreatic β cells.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT