US 11,938,108 B2
Composition for improving joint function
Shinobu Akiyoshi, Kawasaki (JP); Noriko Kawasaki, Kawasaki (JP); and Masako Mimura, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/521,029.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-139806 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0030274 A1, Jan. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61K 31/198 (2006.01); A61K 31/401 (2006.01); A61P 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/198 (2013.01) [A61K 31/401 (2013.01); A61P 19/02 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for improving joint function, consisting essentially of:
administering a composition consisting of an effective amount of at least five kinds of amino acids selected from the group consisting of serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and proline as active ingredients to a subject in need thereof,
wherein proportions of the at least five kinds of amino acids in the composition administered to the subject are 10 to 30 wt % of serine, 10 to 30 wt % of aspartic acid, 10 to 20 wt % of glutamic acid, 10 to 35 wt % of glycine, 10 to 30 wt % of alanine and/or 10 to 35 wt % of proline, relative to a total weight of serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and proline.