Proposed are preparations, comprising special amides and menthol or menthol compounds or aromatic substances, characterized in that they have improved flavor and scent properties, and also that they allow the production of preparations, particularly emulsions with improved shelf life.

High-protein food additives are prepared by reacting a protein material with L-cysteine, or a derivative thereof, with homogenization and heating. The homogenization and heating is preferably carried out on an aqueously slurry of the protein material and L-cysteine. The homogenized and reacted slurry is then dried to form a powder. The resultant food additive may be incorporated into a wide variety of food products to enhance the physical characteristics thereof.

The present invention primarily concerns the use of one or more compound(s) with the Formula (I)

X.sub.kY.sub.lZ.sub.mO.sub.n (I),

as described herein, to modify, reduce or eliminate one or more off-note(s) of one or more substance(s) selected from the group (G1) as described herein, through chemical conversion of the substance or rather the substances of the group (G1) and thereupon modifying, reducing or eliminating the off-note(s), in a composition (Z1), which next to one or more compounds of the Formula (I) and the substance or rather the substances of the group (G1) further contains one or more substances selected from the group (G2) as described herein. Furthermore, the present invention concerns new methods for modifying, reducing or eliminating one or more off-note(s) and new compositions obtained therefrom.

The present invention is a beverage for relieving and preventing harmful effects of alcohol consumption such as hangover and liver cell damage, which includes Curcuma longa Rhizome extract, L-Ornithine amino acid and Inositol as active ingredients. The curcumin extract standardized to 95% pure curcuminoides having at least 12% in the form of water dispersible micelle liquid. A method for beverage composition includes defined amount of curcumin extract, L-Ornithine Inositol and sugar syrup, wherein the curcumin extract, L-Ornithine and Inositol Powder added to the separately prepared sugar syrup under constant stirring. The present invention accelerates In vivo decomposition of alcohol after drinking, thereby helping to relieve and prevent harmful effects of alcohol such as hangover and liver damage.

The present invention relates to a novel imidazopyridine derivative, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient for preventing or treating cancer. The novel imidazopyridine derivative according to the present invention, a stereoisomer thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can effectively inhibit cancer-related kinases, are excellent in inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells in a cancer cell line, and effectively inhibit proliferation of cancer cells (cancer cell apoptosis) in a cancer cell heterograft model, and thus can be useful as a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient for preventing or treating cancer.

Also, the novel imidazopyridine derivative according to the present invention, the stereoisomer thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can effectively inhibit Src and Fyn, thereby being useful as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating the Src and Fyn related diseases, and in particular, have been confirmed to be useful in diabetic nephropathy in animal model experiments. Therefore, the compound of the present invention can be effective as a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient for preventing or treating diabetic nephropathy.

A novel alga mutant having improved pigment productivity is provided. The mutant can be used to produce carotenoid-based pigments, particularly, xanthophyll by using a small amount of energy, and thus can effectively produce pigment on an industrial level. In addition, the mutant can be used as a source for foods, health functional foods, and medications which contain a pigment. Further, when account is taken of the physiological characteristics of the euryhaline microalgae Dunaliella and the geological characteristics of Korean, the three sides of which are in contact with the sea, sea-water can be used as a culture medium, with the expectation of reducing the cost and leading to the development of related industries.

Provided herein are antioxidant-enriched multivitamin compositions comprising vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B 12, biotin, pantothenic acid, zinc, selenium, coenzyme Q10, lutein, lycopene, and zeaxanthin for the treatment of fat malabsorption diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Also provided are methods of treating vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies in subjects suffering from cystic fibrosis by administering an antioxidant-enriched multivitamin composition.

Food distributed to consumers through a distribution chain may be traced by tagging the food with DNA tags that identify the origin of the food, such as the grower, packer and other points of distribution, and their attributes. This makes it much quicker and easier to trace the food in case of food contamination or adulteration. Preferably these attributes indicate the field, location, crew and machine used to grow and process the food, and the dates of the various steps of food harvesting, processing and distribution. Natural or synthetic DNA pieces may be used to tag items, including food items. Multidigit binary or other types of bar codes may be represented by multiple types of DNA. Each digit of the bar code may be represented by one, two or more unique DNA pieces.

Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating metabolic diseases and a health food for alleviating metabolic diseases, each of which the pharmaceutical composition and the health food includes, a stereoisomer of isonitramine or a derivative thereof, or a racemic mixture of the stereoisomers, wherein such a compound exhibits effects of inhibiting fat content or differentiation of an adipocyte, inhibiting activity of a carbohydrate metabolism enzyme, protecting pancreas, inhibiting blood sugar, and promoting insulin secretion, and thus can be favorably utilized in the treatment of metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.

The invention relates to self-assembling microparticles comprising a solid matrix and probiotic bacteria, wherein the solid matrix comprises soybean protein and a divalent or trivalent metal, and wherein the probiotic bacteria are distributed throughout the solid matrix; said matrix protects said probiotic bacteria during processing, storage, as well as during transit through the gastrointestinal tract, thus prolonging their lifetime and facilitating release into the intestine and improving their probiotic effect. The present invention also relates to the method for obtaining the self-assembling microparticles and to the products and compositions incorporating them.