公开(公告)号：EP1354592A4

公开(公告)日：2005-06-08

申请号：EP01994994

申请日：2001-12-25

申请人： CALPIS CO LTD

发明人： YAMAMOTO NAOYUKI ,  MASUDA OSAMU ,  KANEKO KYOUKO ,  IKEDA NAGISA ,  ISHIDA YUU ,  KUSUDA DAISUKE ,  SHINODA TADASHI

IPC分类号： A23C9/13 ,  A61K35/74 ,  A61P1/14 ,  C12N1/20 ,  C12R1/225

CPC分类号： A61K35/20 ,  A61K35/747 ,  Y10S514/892 ,  A61K2300/00

摘要： Medicines for relieving intestinal disorders which contain viable cells of a strain belonging to Lactobacillus helveticus. This strain is preferably characterized by a resistance to a specific bile acid, adhesiveness to intestinal epithelial cells, etc. A method of controlling intestinal functions which involves the step of administering such a medicine to a subject with a need for the control of intestinal functions. When administered to humans or the like, these medicines exert effects of elevating stool frequency, etc., thereby efficaciously improving the intestinal environment.