DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY PREVENTING COMPOSITION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diabetic nephropathy preventing composition capable of being safely ingested by a person suspected of having diabetes and a diabetic patient for a long period from a stage prior to onset of the diabetes or an initial stage of the onset thereof and capable of preventing or inhibiting progress of the diabetes into diabetic nephropathy which is a complication thereof.

SOLUTION: This diabetic nephropathy preventing composition contains a low molecular weight chitosan and/or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The low molecular weight chitosan preferably has a number-average molecular weight of 10,000-30,000. The diabetic nephropathy preventing composition is preferably used for preventing diabetic nephropathy induced by nonobese non-insulin-dependent diabetic mellitus or preventing diabetic nephropathy induced by obese non-insulin-dependent diabetic mellitus.

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