PROPHYLACTIC/AMELIORATING AGENT FOR ADULT DISEASES COMPRISING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID, DERIVATIVE OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID, OR SALT OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID OR THE DERIVATIVE OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT
Disclosed are: a pharmaceutical composition of which the mechanism of action relies on the improvement in basal metabolism unlike conventional biochemical reaction inhibition type of therapeutic agents for adult diseases, and which has no adverse side effect, and against which no drug resistance is caused for adult diseases and a method for preventing/treating adult diseases using the pharmaceutical composition. Specifically disclosed are: a prophylactic/ameliorating composition for adult diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hepatic function disorders, renal failure, obesity, erectile dysfunction, climacteric disorders, shoulder stiffness and lumbago, which comprises 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a derivative of ALA, or salt of ALA or the derivative of ALA, preferably ALA, a derivative of ALA, or salt of ALA or the derivative of ALA and an iron compound such as sodium ferrous citrate, sodium ferric citrate and ammonium ferric citrate a food or a food material for preventing/ameliorating adult diseases, which contains the composition a method for utilizing the composition for the preparation of a prophylactic/ameliorating agent for adult diseases and others.La présente invention concerne : une composition pharmaceutique dont le mécanisme d’action repose sur l’amélioration du métabolisme basal contrairement au type d’agents thérapeutiques à inhibition de réaction biochimique conventionnel pour des maladies chez l’adulte, et qui n’a aucun effet indésirable, et contre lesquelles aucune pharmacorésistance n’est causée pour des maladies chez l’adulte et un procédé pour prévenir/traiter des maladies chez l’adulte utilisant la composition pharmaceutique. La présente invention concerne spécifiquement : une composition prophylactique/d’amélioration pour des maladies chez l’adulte telles que le syndrome métabolique, le diabète, l’hyperlipidémie, l’hypertension, des troubles de la fonction hépatique, l’insuffisance rénale, l’obésité, le
