SUBSTANCES CAPABLE OF INDUCING APOPTOSIS

摘要

A process for producing substances capable of inducing apoptosis characterized by involving the step of heating at least one compound selected from among the following compounds (a) to (d), provided that uronic acid and/or uronic acid derivatives and compounds containing uronic acid and/or uronic acid derivatives are excluded therefrom: (a) pentoses; (b) pentose derivatives; (c) compounds containing pentoses; and (d) compounds containing pentose derivatives.