US Patent Issued to KANEKA on July 15 for "Muscle building agent" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,605, issued on July 15, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Muscle building agent" was invented by Ayumi Yamamoto (Takasago, Japan) and Shinichi Honda (Takasago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for building muscle tissue in a subject are described, which comprise administering an ellagitannin compound represented by the following formula (I) to a subject in need thereof:The ellagitannin compound represented by the formula (I) may be casuarinin or stachyurin, and is administered in a therapeutically effective amount. For instance, the ellagitannin compound may be administered in an amount effective for activatin...