Composition effective to prevent or treat adult disease
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a composition comprising, as an active ingredient, an enzyme digest that is produced by digesting a basic fraction of an animal-derived cartilage extract with an enzyme. Also disclosed is a polypeptide composition comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one polypeptide selected from specific polypeptides including a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence depicted in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
1. A polypeptide composition effective to treat gout or hyperuricemia, comprising as an active ingredient at least one of a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, a fragment of said polypeptide consisting of four amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the active ingredient is a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
3. A food, beverage or pharmaceutical preparation effective to treat gout or hyperuricemia comprising as an active ingredient the polypeptide composition according to claim 1 .
4. A method of treating gout or hyperuricemia in a subject, comprising administering the peptide composition of claim 1 to a subject in need thereof.
5. A method of treating gout or hyperuricemia in a subject, comprising administering the food, beverage or pharmaceutical preparation of claim 3 to a subject in need thereof.