Research Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine帯広畜産大学グローバルアグロメディシン研究センター

I have conducted nutritional biochemical studies using agricultural and livestock resources. For example,resistant starch of legumes such as adzuki, kintoki and tebou which are agricultural products of Hokkaido improve the intestinal environment of rats such as the increase in short-chain fatty acids and bifidobacteria within the cecum, thereby allowing transcription of hepatic genes expresions at the same time. Particularly, adzuki bean containing red pigment has a high lipid metabolism improving effect and a strong antioxidant activity, especially for anthocyanin. So it is be expected to be developed as a functional food, our reserch group have been conducted with co-ressearch by some companies. My recent rearch intersts put on the prevention of intestinal fermentation and lifestyle diseases from animal experiments using an indigestible carbohydrate derived from agricultural products such as chicory, mushroom, sugar cane or turmeric.

• Effect of turmeric-derived indigestible carbohydrates on intestinal fermentation characteristics