US Patent Issued to REFINE HOLDINGS, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY on Dec. 2 for "Insulin secretion-promoting agent and blood sugar level improver using same, diabetes improver, and food" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,103, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to REFINE HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Gifu, Japan) and NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY (Kumamoto, Japan).

"Insulin secretion-promoting agent and blood sugar level improver using same, diabetes improver, and food" was invented by Kazuhito Tomizawa (Kumamoto, Japan), Fan-Yan Wei (Kumamoto, Japan), Makoto Tsuboi (Tokyo) and Kunimitsu Kaya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an insulin secretion-promoting agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a triglyceride represented by the following formula (I):wherein R1, R2 and R3 each denotes a saturated fatty acid residue, at least o...