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Amino Up Chemical has always delivered new products to the customers with the blessings of nature as a theme. There are a lot of blessings in the natural world that are not yet known to us. We, at Amino Up Chemical are aiming at a user-friendly and environment friendly, new product by searching for these blessings of nature.

Company name: Amino Up Chemical Company
Offices: Headquarters, factory, laboratory, experiment farm, and herb garden
Address: HIGH-TECH HILL SHIN-EI 363-32 Shin-ei, Kiyota, Sapporo, 004-0839 Japan
Chairman: Kosuna Ken-ichi
President: Kanazawa Yoshiaki
 

Activities

Development and manufacturing of physiologically active substances derived from natural products
(Manufacturing and sales of polyphenol based immunostimulators, antiallergic agents, antioxidants and plant growth regulators)

Development and manufacturing of physiologically active substances, culture of microorganisms by proprietory culture method.

  • Plant growth substances Super Amino-Up (Cytokinin)
  • Immunostimulators derived from mushrooms AHCC （Active Hexose Correlated Compound）
  • Genistein high-content soybean extract GCP （Genistein Combined Polysaccharide）

Extraction and manufacturing of physiologically active substances where natural products are used as raw materials.
  • Low molecule polyphenol derived from lychee Oligonol
  • Perilla leaf extract antiallergic agents derived from Perilla extract
  • Antioxidants derived from buckwheat PMP（Polyphenolic Mixture of Plant）
 

Organaization

Laboratory (R&D Division)

Amino Up Chemical conducts cutting-edge research through out the world in search of new bioactive substances, determination of structure of active constituents, clarification of mechanism of action, etc.
The research staff at Amino Up Chemical constitutes researchers from a wide variety of fields including medicine, pharmacology, chemistry, agricultural chemistry, microbiology, and environmental science. And joint research is being carried out in various universities, research laboratories, and medical institutions worldwide.
>Biochemistry laboratory > Academic development section

Quality Assurance Division

Safety and consistency of the product are guaranteed by rigorous inspection in the quality assurance division. 
QA division operates as an independent division being responsible for inspecting the end-products as well as the raw material on arrival, checking of each manufacturing process, containers and packages.
QA is performed for each product: AHCC, GCP, PMP, Perilla Extract and Oligonol.
The supply of safer and more secure products based on this system is a quality policy of Amino Up Chemical. Safety management and quality assurance system of the products are guaranteed.

Manufacturing Division

The long-term culture in a large-scale tank assumed to be difficult till recently has been achieved with a proprietary technology by Amino Up Chemical. Long-term culture of delicate basidiomycete for several months is possible by state-of-the-art monitoring system of the tank culture and by keeping the factory premises impeccable with highly airtight and aseptic maintenance of the equipment.   Stable quality products are produced with the help of latest technology and pharmaceutical-industry level equipment.
 

History

1977
Establishment of the Hokkaido fodder laboratory
1981
Development of plant growth regulator "Amino Up"
1984
Establishment of Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd.
1989
Development and sale of mushroom polysaccharides processed food "AHCC", Sale of functional food "Immuno Gold" with AHCC as the principal ingredient
1991
Development and sale of antiallergic agent "Perilla extract"
1996
Relocation to the newly-built building, laboratory and factory at Sapporo High-Tech Hill Shin-ei
1998
Development and sale of antioxidant "PMP" derived from buckwheat
2000
Development and sale of genistein high-content soybean extract "GCP"
2003
ISO9002, HACCP-9000 certification and acquisition
2003
ISO9001 certification and acquisition
2004
Establishment of endowed chair (sponsored course) " medical course on supplementation of living body functions " in Osaka University Graduate School , School of Medicine
2005
Establishment of Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Education Research Fund in University of California at Davis , Department of Nutrition
2006
Development and sale of low molecdtar weight polyphenol "Oligonol" derived from lychee
2007
Establishment of endowed chair (sponsored course) "Integrated Medicine Course" in South Korea Korea University School of Medicine