Appetite-suppressing agent

Abstract

An appetite-suppressing composition is characterized by comprising, as an active component, the liquid component derived from Indian mulberry ( Morinda citrifolia ). The solution is the liquid component extracted from fermented Indian mulberry fruits, which includes the residual liquid containing the >3,000 component and the filtrated liquid containing the <3,000 component. Considerably, provided is the food that possesses the appetite-suppressing composition without showing the non-specific effect on appetite suppression.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An appetite-suppressing composition characterized by containing a component derived from Indian mulberry ( Morinda citrifolia ) as an effective component. 
     
     
         2 . An appetite-suppressing composition characterized by being a liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry ( Morinda citrifolia ). 
     
     
         3 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , wherein the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry is a liquid component extracted from a fruit of Indian mulberry. 
     
     
         4 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , wherein the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry is a liquid component extracted from a fermented fruit of Indian mulberry. 
     
     
         5 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , in which the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry is a supernatant of a liquid component extracted from a fermented fruit of Indian mulberry. 
     
     
         6 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , in which the molecular weight of constituents in the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry is 3,000 daltons or more. 
     
     
         7 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 6 , in which the constituents with a molecular weight of 3,000 daltons or more are a component containing a high amount of nesfatin-1, obtained by preparing the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry using a molecular weight cut-off filter device. 
     
     
         8 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , in which the molecular weight of constituents in the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry is 3,000 daltons or less. 
     
     
         9 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 8 , in which the constituents with a molecular weight of 3,000 daltons or less are a component with low molecular weight, whose component is obtained by preparing the liquid component derived from a fruit of Indian mulberry using a molecular weight cut-off filter device. 
     
     
         10 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 9 , in which the constituents with a molecular weight of 3,000 daltons or less contain glutamic acid, asparaginic acid, arginine, and alanine. 
     
     
         11 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 2 , which consists of a component with a molecular weight of 3,000 daltons or more containing a high amount of nesfatin-1 and a component with low molecular weight of 3,000 daltons or less, both of which are obtained by preparing the liquid component extracted from a fermented fruit of Indian mulberry using a molecular weight cut-off filter device. 
     
     
         12 . A food product which consists of or contains the appetite-suppressing composition described in  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . A method for suppressing obesity based on the administration of the appetite-suppressing composition described in  claim 1 . 
     
     
         14 . The appetite-suppressing composition according to  claim 1  for suppressing the development of obesity.