摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drug useful in preventing or improving bone resorptive diseases such as osteoporosis or a food useful in preventing or improving bone resorptive diseases such as osteoporosis. <P>SOLUTION: An osteoclast differentiation inhibitor, a bone resorption inhibitor, an agent for preventing or improving bone resorptive diseases, and the food for preventing or improving bone resorptive diseases have capsanthin, Monascus sp., an extract thereof, a plant selected from Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum verum, Acacia farnesiana, Phyllanthus emblica, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Illicium verum, and Rooibos tea or an extract thereof as an active ingredient. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |