PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYSACCHARIDE FROM COFFEE BEAN OR/AND COFFEE EXTRACTION RESIDUE

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EP 1 985 635 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	07.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/02

(43)	Date of publication:
	29.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/44

(21)	Application number: 07714164.6

(22)	Date of filing: 14.02.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C08B 37/00^(2006.01)
A61P 1/16^(2006.01)
A61P 3/06^(2006.01)
A61P 37/08^(2006.01)

A61K 36/00^(2006.01)
A61P 3/04^(2006.01)
A61P 19/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/JP2007/052611

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/094360 (23.08.2007 Gazette 2007/34)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

14.02.2006 JP 2006036887

(71)	Applicants:
	UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd. Kobe-shi, Hyogo 650-0015 (JP) Osaka Prefecture University Public Corporation Osaka 599-8531 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	IWAI, Kazuya Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-0036 (JP) KASAI, Naoya Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0405 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte
	Grafinger Strasse 2 81671 München 81671 München (DE)

(54)	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYSACCHARIDE FROM COFFEE BEAN OR/AND COFFEE EXTRACTION RESIDUE

(57) A process for efficiently producing a polysaccharide from coffee beans or/and a coffee extraction residue. Use of these has not received attention because of difficulty in decomposing these. The process, which is for producing a polysaccharide from coffee beans or/and a coffee extraction residue, comprises: a step (a) in which the coffee beans or/and coffee extraction residue are reduced to particles having a diameter of 10.0 µm to 5.0 mm; a step (b1) in which after the step (a), the particles are heated at 50-100°C in the presence of a dilute alkali; a step (c1) in which after completion of the step (b1), cellulase is caused to act thereon; a step (b2) in which after the step (c1), a heat treatment is conducted at 120°C or higher in the presence of a dilute alkali; and a step (c2) in which after the step (b2), cellulase is caused to act thereon.