摘要:
Disclosed is a method for producing an estrogen-like active intermediate (e.g., secoisolariciresinol) by culturing a lignan (e.g., a lignan derived from Eucommia ulmoides) together with a bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus. Also disclosed a prophylactic/ameliorating agent for menopausal disorder and a functional beverage/food for preventing/ameliorating menopausal disorder comprising a lignan cultured together with a bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus as an active ingredient.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for producing a fermented milk that conveniently gives excellent taste and flavor orfunctionalities, such as antihypertensive effect, to fermented food and beverages. The method enables effective production of particular peptides having useful functions, such as antihypertensive effect, in the resulting fermented milk. The invention also provides fermented milk food and beverages utilizing the fermented milk, which have excellent taste and flavor and even functionality. The present method includes the steps of (A) enzymatically digesting animal milk casein with protease (1)containing particular proteases such as papain, and (B) fermenting animal milk casein or the like with lactic acid bacteria, to thereby produce VPP, IPP, and YP in the resulting fermented milk. The fermented milk food and beverages of the present invention contain the fermented milk obtained by the present method or a concentrate thereof, and VPP, IPP, and YP at or over particular contents.
摘要:
The invention provides agents for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm and for improving a circadian rhythm, which may be taken daily and continuously, have excellent safety, and may effectively prevent or ameliorate disorders of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm or of a circadian rhythm without administration of exogenous melatonin, as well as functional food containing such an agent, which may prevent or ameliorate various symptoms, such as sleep disorder or prolonged sleep latency. The agent for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm according to the invention contains whey as the active component. The functional food for improving an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm according to the invention contains the agent for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm. The functional food for improving a circadian rhythm contains the agent for improving a circadian rhythm.
摘要:
A method for administering viable microorganism compositions for poultry, comprising: administering a viable microorganism composition comprising viable lactic acid bacteria belonging to Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus johnsonii at the stage of newborn fledgling; and administering a viable microorganism composition which comprises a viable microorganism belonging to Bacillus subtilis.
摘要:
An accelerating agent for elimination of dioxins which comprises, as an active ingredient, a microorganism having an activity of accelerating elimination of dioxins in the body to the outside of the body.
摘要:
Anti-stress drugs which can be continuously administered without any problem in safety and relieve or prevent mental and physical symptoms caused by stresses and functional foods having anti-stress effects. The drugs contain as the active ingredient acid milks prepared by fermenting animal milks by using lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus, which the functional foods contain these drugs and have anti-stress effects.
摘要:
A bacterial translocation inhibitor containing live Bacillus subtilis cells as an active ingredient, and a method for inhibiting bacterial translocation comprising the step of orally administering the bacterial translocation inhibitor.
摘要:
A method for producing a milk-containing acidic beverage is disclosed that facilitates production of a milk-containing acidic beverage, a low-calorie milk-containing acidic beverage, and a milk-containing acidic beverage containing fruit and/or vegetable juice. Such beverages produced by the present method have good taste and flavor and have prolonged storage stability, wherein aggregation and sedimentation of suspended milk protein particles are sufficiently inhibited. The method includes the steps of providing a starting material including at least milk, soybean dietary fibers, pectin, and an acidifier, preparing a mixture containing the milk and the soybean dietary fibers but not containing pectin, and adding the acidifier to the mixture to prepare a primary mixture having a pH of 3.0 to 4.2, adding the pectin to the primary mixture to obtain a secondary mixture, and homogenizing the secondary mixture to obtain a milk-containing acidic beverage.
摘要:
A strain of a lactic bacterium capable of producing a large amount of lactotripeptide; and a fermented milk product which contains a number of components having hypotensive and stress relaxation activities and can be easily eaten and swallowed. More specifically a lactic bacterium belonging to the genus Lactobacillus helveticus, i.e. Lactobacillus helveticus strain CM4 (deposited under the accession number of FERM PB-6060 with National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology), which is characterized by having particular mycological properties, producing tripeptides Val-Pro-Pro and/or Ile-Pro-Pro in an amount of not less than 60 νg/ml in terms of Val-Pro-Pro when cultured in animal milk as the medium, containing not less than 9 % by weight (in terms of solid content) of non-fat milk, and exhibiting an extracellular protease activity of not less than 400 U/OD590; and a fermented milk product prepared by fermenting animal milk with the above lactic bacterium.