511results about How to "Lower metabolism" patented technology

Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for a number of disorders. Described are methods and devices to treat disorders that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect mood, focus, and cognition of subjects.

Bone metabolic disorders are treated by administering to an individual a therapeutically effective amount of a peripheral opioid antagonist at one or more of the opioid receptors, including the various naloxone and naltrexone analogs or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention is further embodied in the use of peripheral antagonists of the opioid receptors, such as the use of naltrexone and naloxone analogs, which can be opioid antagonist with peripheral selectivity at the μ opioid receptor, for the treatment of bone loss, osteoporosis, osteopenia and other bone disorders in individuals using opioid drugs, including patients using opioids for analgesia and in opioid drug-dependent individuals

A method and device for treating neurological disorders involving the application of noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimulation to a region of a patient's head associated with a subject neurological disorder. The brain thermal stimulation method and device alters the brain function in the region of the brain underlying the region of the patient's head to which the brain cooling is applied. The method can also include the steps of adjusting the temperature and timing of the thermal stimulation process to optimize the impact on the subject disorder. The brain thermal stimulation device is comprised of a localized means for cooling or warming a desired region of a patient's brain.

The present invention relates to the enhancement of radiation sensitivity by using photodynamic therapy.

The invention discloses a biological Chinese herbal feed additive for broiler chicken. The additive is prepared by microbial fermentation of active pharmaceutical ingredients namely Chinese herbal medicines, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredients of the Chinese herbal medicines comprise the following components in parts by weight: 1-8 of leguminosae, 2-5 of dryopteris setosa, 0.5-4 of radix isatidis, 0.5-5 of radix polygoni multiflori, 1-6 of hawthorn, 1-4 of fructus ligustri Lucidi, 0.5-5 of folium artemisiae argyi, 1-5 of fructus hordei germinatus and 1-4 of radix glycyrrhizae. By utilizing the biological Chinese herbal feed additive, the average weight of the broiler chicken is obviously increased, and the feed conversion ratio is reduced; the immunoglobulin G (IgG) level and newcastle disease (ND) antibody level of broiler chicken blood serum are obviously improved; and the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) and superoxide dismutase of the broiler chicken blood serum are obviously improved, and the content of malondiadehyde (MDA) of leg muscle is greatly reduced. Experiments show that by utilizing the biological Chinese herbal feed additive, the production performance and chicken quality of the broiler chicken can be improved, and the antioxidant capability and immunity of an organism are increased.

The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the expression, processing, post-translational modification, stability and/or activity of XBP-1 protein, or a protein in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-1 to treat metabolic disorders, e.g., type II diabetes. The present invention also pertains to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the expression, processing, post-translational modification, and/or activity of XBP-1 protein or a molecule in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-1.

A method and device for treating neurological disorders involving the application of noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimulation to a region of a patient's head associated with a subject neurological disorder. The brain thermal stimulation method and device alters the brain function in the region of the brain underlying the region of the patient's head to which the brain cooling is applied. The method can also include the steps of adjusting the temperature and timing of the thermal stimulation process to optimize the impact on the subject disorder. The brain thermal stimulation device is comprised of a localized means for cooling or warming a desired region of a patient's brain.

The invention discloses a flexible exoskeleton robot for assisting knee joint during climbing and relates to an exoskeleton robot for assisting lower limbs, aiming to solve problems that conventional exoskeleton robots for assisting lower limbs, with rigidized structure, are large and heavy, are low in matching with human body, poor in flexibility, high in energy consumption, and incapable of carrying out flexible adaptive auxiliary motion. The flexible exoskeleton robot comprises a variable-torque drive device, a left leg, a right leg and a transmission assembly. Each of the left leg and the right leg is composed of an upper leg and a lower leg. The variable-torque drive device comprises a motor, a support and a driving disc. The transmission assembly comprises two ropes, two Bowden cables and two Bowden cable fixed connectors. The driving disc comprises a cam winch parting disc and two cam winches; the cam winch parting disc and the two cam winches are connected integrally. The upper leg and the lower leg are in rotational connection. The flexible exoskeleton robot is used for assisting the knee joint of the human body during climbing.

Compositions and methods for treating, preventing, or reducing alcoholism, in particular methods for increasing patient compliance with therapies that require the intake of an ALDH inhibitor comprising the step of administering a monoamine oxidase B inhibitor.

A Chinese medicine in the form of fluid extract for losing weight and decreasing fat is prepared from 12 Chinese-medicinal materials including rhubarb, cassia seed, haw, lotus leaf, etc and additives. Its product can be made into tooth-paste, massage cream, and capsule or softgel. Its preparing process is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a live fish conveying vehicle. At least a pair of live fish tanks is disposed in the carriage of the conveying vehicle. Each pair of the live fish tanks is provided with a circulating pump and a filter. An oxygen filling machine of the conveying vehicle continuously fills oxygen to each live fish tank. A monitoring system can monitor the oxygen content in each live fish tank through oxygen probes. Each live fish tank is in contact with a cold water pipe. The monitoring system controls a code water machine to operate. A temperature sensor is disposed in each live fish tank. The live fish conveying vehicle has the advantages that the water in each live fish tank can circulate through the filter, waste and metabolite in water can be filtered, the monitoring system can monitor the oxygen content in each live fish tank can be monitored through the oxygen probes, oxygen can be filled into the live fish tanks through the oxygen filling machine, an auxiliary oxygen filling machine and a liquid oxygen storage tank, the water environment in the fish tanks can be continuously improved for a long term, and the oxygen level for living of the live fish can be maintained.

The invention discloses a fresh keeping method for plum fruit, comprising the following steps: (1) immersing plum fruit in chitosan solution with a concentration ranging from 0.1g/100ml to 3.0 g/100ml at room temperature; (2) refrigerating the plum fruit immersed in step (1); (3) when entering into shelf life, keeping refrigerated plum fruit in an enclosed device, which contains 1-methyl cyclopropene gas with a concentration ranging from 0.5 mul/L to 5.0 mul/L, for 12-24 hours at room temperature; wherein, the concentration of 1-methyl cyclopropene gas is preferably in the range of from 1.0 mul/L to 2.0 mul/L. The fresh keeping method for plum fruit of the present invention has the advantages of high food health safety, simple application, easy spread, little investment but quick result, low price, broad market, notable economic and social profit etc, which is suitable for China and has great development and application value.

The present invention relates to 3' substituted-2', 3'-didehydro-2', 3'-dideoxy-beta-L-nucleosides and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, for the treatment of infectious viral diseases, in general, particularly HBV and HIV viral infections and more particularly, HBV and HIV viral infections that are resistant to other antiviral drugs.

The invention belongs to the field of biological engineering and is aimed for solving the problem of mass scale plant diseases caused by fungus. The preparing process comprises subjecting a strong of Bacillus firmus (CGMCC No.0924) to second level fermentation culture under suitable condition, then carrying out filtering, salting out and column chromatography treatment.

The invention provides a light fasting full nutrition formula brewing instant bar and a preparation method thereof. The formula can brew various components of instant nutrient nutrients according to the suggested configuration of the 'Chinese Dietary Guidelines', foods are diverse, and no preservatives, no sweeteners and no artificial pigments are added; the bar is prepared from, by weight, oil, aquatic eggs, dairy products, soybeans, nuts, cereal potatoes, dietary fibers, fruits and vegetables, nutritional strengthening components and the like, is convenient to eat, and is especially suitablefor meeting the full nutritional needs of a body during light fasting and fat reduction.

An environmental protection packing film of the invention is prepared by konjac glucomannan, carrageenan, glycerine, sucrose fatty acid ester and water; the tensile strength, elongation at break, flexibility and transparency etc. of the invention are superior to like products; and the invention also has advantages of convenient access of materials and low price. The environment protection packing film is non-toxic and does no harm to health even eaten by mistake, thus giving more safety with packing food. Furthermore, transmittance and selectivity are different to different types of gas molecules, selective separation is provided for gases, and oxygen can pass through the film faster than carbon dioxide. The invention is used for packing fruits and vegetables, the proportion of CO2\O2 in the packing bag is gradually increased, which can effectively inhibit respiration of fruits and vegetables and reduce metabolism and senescence.

The present invention relates to the discovery that certain beta -L-dioxolane nucleoside analogs which contain a uracil base, and preferably, a 5-halosubstituted uracil base, exhibit unexpectedly high activity against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Varciella-Zoster virus (VZV) and Herpes Virus 8 (HV-8). In particular, the compounds according to the present invention show potent inhibition of the replication of the virus (viral growth) in combination with very low toxicity to the host cells (i.e., animal or human tissue). Compounds are useful for treating EBV, VZV and HV-8 infections in humans.

The invention enables more efficient CTL induction by applying a transdermal preparation containing a WT1 protein-derived cancer antigen peptide and an ether-type additive, which is liquid at 20° C., to a WT1 protein-derived cancer antigen peptide. The ether-type additive is represented by the formula (1): R¹—O—R² (1), wherein R¹ is a hydrocarbon group having 8-24 carbon atoms, and R² is a group represented by the formula (2):

or a group represented by the formula (3): —(CH₂CH₂O)_mH (3), wherein m is an integer of 1-18.

Novel, safe, and highly effective agents for preventing insulin resistance and for preventing metabolic syndrome that contain astaxanthin and/or an ester thereof as an active component are provided. Even when a high-fat diet intake is continued, insulin resistance and subsequent hyperinsulinemia are suppressed by using the agent for preventing insulin resistance and the agent for preventing metabolic syndrome according to the present invention. Furthermore, suppression of fat degradation is thus inhibited and promotion of fat synthesis also is inhibited in adipose tissues, or glucose uptake into adipose tissues is inhibited, so that accumulation of fat within adipocytes is suppressed. Therefore, various diseases or symptoms having a relation to insulin resistance can be prevented or alleviated.

The invention discloses a formula of a kudzuvine root substitute tea which is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1-10 parts of kudzuvine root, 1-10 parts of cassia seed, 1-10 parts of orange peel, 1-10 parts of hawthorn, 5-15 parts of honeysuckle, 1-10 parts of medlar, 1-5 parts of liquorice root, 1-10 parts of chrysanthemum, 1-10 parts of lophatherum gracile and 1-10 parts of pawpaw. The invention further discloses a preparation process of the kudzuvine root substitute tea. The invention further discloses application of the kudzuvine root substitute tea to preparation of liver-protecting and hangover-relieving drinks, blood pressure-reducing and fat-reducing drinks and skin-beautifying drinks. All ingredients of the kudzuvine root substitute tea are foods and Chinese medicinal herbs, thus the kudzuvine root substitute tea is completely used as a food, and is safe without side effects; when the kudzuvine root substitute tea is especially taken after hangover, alcohol absorption can be reduced, alcohol metabolism is accelerated, blood pressure-reducing and fat-reducing functions are assisted, drunkenness and alcoholism can be prevented, the effect taking speed is high, and the application prospect is wide.

The invention provides a food health product for improving sleep and a preparation method thereof. The food health product is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 30-50 parts of spine date seed extract, 10-20 parts of broken spore ganoderma lucidum powder, 5-15 parts of gamma-aminobutyric acid powder, 5-10 parts of Indian buead extract, 5-10 parts of thinleaf milkwort root extract, 12-16 parts of lily bulb extract, 1-4 parts of fructus shisandrae extract, 3-6 parts of pearl powder extract, 4-8 parts of oyster shell power, 10-15 parts of magnesium stearate and 0.1-0.5 part of vitamin B6. The invention overcomes the defects in the prior art and provides a health product for improving sleep, and the food health product is simple in formula and reasonable in compatibility of medicines and accords with the principle of syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, and the medicines in the formula supplement each other and have obvious effects of improving the sleep.