The present invention relates generally to methods of extraction and processing of polymethoxylated flavone (PMF) powder from Ortanique peels for commercial application.

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.

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 present invention relates to a serum LDL cholesterol lowering edible product containing plant sterol ester and/or plant stanol ester, and especially to a dietary supplement product.

The present invention relates to a serum LDL cholesterol lowering edible product containing plant sterol ester and/or plant stanol ester, and especially to a dietary supplement product.

The present invention provides a functional food that utilizes health-promoting effects of charcoal, is readily ingested, has no adverse side effect, and has an effect of improving and repressing obesity. The functional food includes a charcoal composition having at least one of a bamboo charcoal, a Bincho charcoal, an activated bamboo charcoal and an activated Bincho charcoal, and both of the activated bamboo charcoal and the activated Bincho charcoal have a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/ml, an average particle size of 10 m or smaller, a BET specific surface area of 1000 to 1200 m.sup.2/g, and an iodine adsorption amount of 1000 to 1300 mg/g.

The present invention provides a functional food that utilizes health-promoting effects of charcoal, is readily ingested, has no adverse side effect, and has an effect of improving and repressing obesity. The functional food includes a charcoal composition having at least one of a bamboo charcoal, a Bincho charcoal, an activated bamboo charcoal and an activated Bincho charcoal, and both of the activated bamboo charcoal and the activated Bincho charcoal have a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/ml, an average particle size of 10 m or smaller, a BET specific surface area of 1000 to 1200 m.sup.2/g, and an iodine adsorption amount of 1000 to 1300 mg/g.

This disclosure relates to methods of inducing adipocyte browning, supporting metabolic flexibility, and/or reducing detrimental WAT deposition or reducing WAT dysfunction in a subject by administering extensively hydrolyzed casein and/or fractions N thereof (eHC) to the subject, and/or by administering a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid and/or arachidonic acid) to the subject.

This disclosure relates to methods of inducing adipocyte browning, supporting metabolic flexibility, and/or reducing detrimental WAT deposition or reducing WAT dysfunction in a subject by administering extensively hydrolyzed casein and/or fractions N thereof (eHC) to the subject, and/or by administering a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid and/or arachidonic acid) to the subject.

A method of fabricating an electronic power module by additive manufacturing, the electronic module including a substrate having an electrically insulating plate presenting opposite first and second faces, with a first metal layer arranged directly on the first face of the insulating plate, and a second metal layer arranged directly on the second face of the insulating plate. At least one of the metal layers is made by a step of depositing a thin layer of copper and a step of annealing the metal layer, and the method further includes a step of forming at least one thermomechanical transition layer on at least one of the first and second metal layers, the at least one thermomechanical transition layer including a material presenting a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than that of the metal of the metal layer.