THERAPEUTIC AGENT

摘要

A preventive or therapeutic agent for diseases accompanied by insulin level or insulin response disorder, characterized in that at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chalcone compounds, acetophenone compounds, coumarin compounds, phthalide compounds, derivatives of these and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof is contained as an active ingredient. There are further provided an insulin-like agent; a food, beverage or feed; a promoter of glucose introjection in cells; and an agent capable of inducing differentiation to lipocytes.