Akokasei to Market New Functional Beverage Toru-Tohru Water.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN - Japan Corporate News Network) - Akokasei began marketing Toru-Tohru Water, its new proprietary functional beverage, on August 1. Co-developed with Ginza San Espero Omori Clinic and La Belle Vie, Inc., the new lychee-flavored beverage contains chelate 1. to combine with a metal in complexes in which the metal is part of a ring. 2. by extension, a chemical compound in which a metallic ion is sequestered and firmly bound into a ring within the chelating molecules. Chelates are used in chemotherapy of metal poisoning. compounds such as L-cystine cystine /cys·tine/ (sis´ten) (sis´tin) a sulfur-containing amino acid produced by digestion or acid hydrolysis of proteins, sometimes found in the urine and kidneys, and readily reduced to two molecules of cysteine.cys·tine , malic acid malic acid /mal·ic ac·id/ (mal´ik) a crystalline acid from the juices of many fruits and plants and an intermediate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. mal·ic acid (m  l, methylsulfonylmethane and phytic acid phytic acid /phy·tic ac·id/ (fi´tik) the hexaphosphoric acid ester of inositol, found in many plants and microorganisms and in animal tissues., discharging poisonous metals from the body. A 500-ml bottle retails for 210 yen ($1.90). The new product is available at supermarkets and drug stores nationwide. Source: JCN http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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