AGENT FOR PREVENTING/TREATING DIABETIC DISEASE, AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD FOR PREVENTING/AMELIORATING DIABETIC DISEASE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an agent for preventing/treating diabetic diseases, capable of ameliorating the diabetic diseases such as diabetic hyperglycemia, diabetic hyperlipemia and diabetic osteoporosis, and hardly causing side effects; and to provide a functional food or a food material for preventing/ameliorating the diabetic diseases.;SOLUTION: The agent for preventing/treating the diabetic diseases, the functional food for preventing/ameliorating the diabetic diseases, or the food material contains a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein, R¹ and R² are each independently a 1-6C alkyl group; and (m) and (n) are each independently an integer of 1-20]. The compound represented by formula (I) preferably has activities for increasing the concentration of zinc in the blood, activities for decreasing the concentration of blood sugar, activities for decreasing the concentration of a fatty acid ester in the blood, activities for decreasing the concentration of calcium in the blood, activities for increasing the concentration of inorganic phosphorus in the blood, and activities for increasing the concentration of calcium, the concentration of DNA, and alkaline phosphatase activities in the tissue of a shaft of bone and the tissue of the metaphysial part.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI