JP2000245391A - Healthy food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a healthy food usable by the aged to children and even by a person unable to drink alcohol without anxiety and capable of activating superoxide dismutase(SOD). SOLUTION: This healthy food is prepared by including a fermented extract powder of a cabbage and a young leaf powder of barley or wheat or further water-soluble dietary fibers. The food is capable of remarkably increasing SOD which is an enzyme capable of detoxicating excessive active oxygen or lipid peroxides and manifesting remarkable effects on recovery of health.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food containing fermented cabbage extract powder and wheat young leaf powder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Oxygen is an essential substance for life and is used for metabolizing (decomposing) and oxidizing carbohydrates, fats, proteins and the like. However, active oxygen generated in the process of metabolism or due to various factors such as ultraviolet irradiation has various physiological effects at sites of inflammation, etc., but when present in excess, harms even normal cells, For example, it is known that cancer occurs. It is also known that lipid peroxides generated by oxidizing fats damage normal cells. And in modern times, the factors that generate such active oxygen and lipid peroxide are increasing, and how to suppress active oxygen and lipid peroxide is
It is becoming a major problem in maintaining health.

[0003] Superoxide dismutase (hereinafter, referred to as SOD) is known as an enzyme for detoxifying such excess active oxygen or lipid peroxide.

[0004] Attempts have been made to maintain health by activating this SOD. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-295325 describes a health food having an SOD action and containing an alcohol extract of a plant such as Apiaceae or Lily.

[0005] However, this food has a drawback that it cannot be applied to persons or children who cannot drink alcohol at all because the liquid itself extracted with liquor or the like having a high alcohol content is drunk.

[0006]

Therefore, there is a demand for a health food that activates SOD that can be used with confidence from elderly people to children and even those who cannot drink alcohol.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of diligent studies on foods that activate SOD, the present inventors have surprisingly found that foods containing cabbage fermented extract powder and wheat young leaf powder have increased SOD activity. Thus, the present invention was completed.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment, the food of the present invention further contains a water-soluble dietary fiber.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Conventionally, cabbage is said to have SOD activity, and wheat germ leaves are also said to have SOD activity. The present inventor has found for the first time that foods containing the compound have a much higher degree of SOD activation than when they are eaten alone.

[0010] The cabbage fermented extract powder used in the food of the present invention is produced, for example, by the following method. First, the cabbage is cut into four pieces, washed with water, pulverized by a cutter mixer, and fermented. For fermentation, 1 liter of water and 0.5 lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus plantum) powder per 3 kg of cabbage
g, stirring well and at an appropriate temperature and time (eg, 30 ° C., 2 days). After completion of the fermentation, the fermented product is centrifuged to collect the supernatant, which is heated, concentrated, sterilized by heating, 200 g of dextrin is added per 3 kg of cabbage, and spray-dried to obtain a cabbage fermented extract powder.

In the present invention, the term "cabbage fermented extract powder" includes paste or liquid fermented liquid to which dextrin is added after heat sterilization.

The fermented cabbage extract powder is rich in high quality amino acids and plays a role of antioxidant action and maintenance of intestinal environment. By enriching high-quality amino acids, it activates the synthesis of new skin, soothes with antioxidant action (activation of SOD), prevents or reduces freckles, and activates metabolism by improving the intestinal environment. It has the effect of improving body health by improving constipation and removing waste products.

[0013] The wheat young leaf powder used in the present invention refers to a powder of wheat young leaves such as barley, wheat, rye and oats. The powdering method is described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 2544.
No. 302 is described.

The mixing ratio of the fermented cabbage extract powder and the young wheat leaf powder contained in the health food of the present invention is not particularly limited. Preferably, the cabbage fermented extract powder is 5-70% by weight, more preferably 7-67% by weight, and even more preferably 10-70% by weight.
65% by weight.

[0015] The wheat young leaf powder is preferably 30-95.
%, More preferably 33 to 93% by weight, even more preferably 35 to 90% by weight.

However, when water-soluble dietary fiber and other additives are contained in addition to these components, the content is preferably adjusted to fall within any of the above ranges.

The processed food of the present invention may further contain a water-soluble dietary fiber. For unknown reasons,
The addition of water-soluble dietary fiber enhances SOD activation.

Examples of the water-soluble dietary fiber include alginic acid, indigestible dextrin, enzymatically decomposed guar gum, and glucomannan. Water-soluble dietary fiber is used in health foods.
Preferably, 1% to 20% by weight, more preferably,
2% to 15% by weight.

The health food of the present invention may contain lactic acid bacteria, oligosaccharides and the like in addition to the above three components.

Since lactic acid bacteria are generally considered to improve the intestinal environment, they are thought to make the body healthy and contribute to the activation of SOD. As the lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantum, Streptococcus thermophilus, Streptococcus ferricus, Bifidobacterium longum and the like are used.

When lactic acid bacteria are used, powdery or liquid foods are preferred. After culturing in an appropriate medium, freeze-drying and adding to processed foods, they can grow when given water.

Oligosaccharides are assimilated by intestinal bacteria,
It is considered useful because it is generally considered to improve the intestinal environment. Examples of the oligosaccharide include lactulose, palatinose, fructooligosaccharide, raffinose, stachyose, xylo-oligosaccharide, maltooligosaccharide, trehalose, galacto-oligosaccharide and the like.

In addition to the above, for example, royal jelly, honey powder, reduced maltose, lactose, chitosan, lecithin, vitamins, protein, chlorella powder, stevia powder,
Ashitaba powder, Moroheiya powder, matcha powder, lemon powder, eggshell calcium and the like are added in appropriate amounts.

The shape of the health food is not particularly limited, and tablets,
It can be a powder, granule, soft encapsulating agent or liquid. In addition, tablets, powders, granules, soft capsules,
It may be eaten or consumed as it is, or may be dissolved in water or the like for drinking.

[0025]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to examples.
The present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Barley young leaf powder was used as the young leaf powder. Barley young leaf powder is patent 2544
No. 302. In addition, hardly digestible dextrin (pine fiber manufactured by Matsutani Chemical Industry) was used as the water-soluble dietary fiber.

(Example 1) Foods having the composition shown in Table 1 were orally administered to five 7-week-old rats in each of the groups A to E for 14 days. The unit in Table 1 is mg / kg body weight.

[0027]

[Table 1]

After the final administration, the animals were fasted for 12 hours, and a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and olive oil (1: 1) was added at 4 ml / k.
It was administered intraperitoneally at g body weight. Twenty-four hours later, the liver was dissected, the liver was removed, and the SOD activity in the mitochondrial fraction was measured. Table 2 shows the results.

[0029]

[Table 2]

The results showed that the group to which only the water-soluble dietary fiber was administered (group C) showed almost no difference from the control group, but the group to which only the cabbage fermented extract was administered (group A) and the barley young leaf powder alone. The SOD activity of the administered group (Group B) was higher than that of the control group and the group administered only the water-soluble dietary fiber (Group C). However, surprisingly, the group (Group D) to which the fermented cabbage extract and the young barley leaf powder were simultaneously administered,
Compared with the case where the group A and the group B alone were added, respectively,
The increase rate of OD activity was 10 times or more. And in the group (Group E) to which water-soluble dietary fiber was further added,
SOD activity was high.

Example 2 A health food was prepared according to the formulation shown in Table 3 below.

[0032]

[Table 3]

3 g of the F and G health foods is added to 150 m of water.
1 each, 50 panelists three times a day,
Give for a month. With respect to the eight items shown in Table 4, the presence or absence of the effect after one month was asked.

[0034]

[Table 4]

Both F and G were found to have improved their health compared to before most people started drinking.

[0036]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The food containing the fermented cabbage extract powder of the present invention and young wheat leaf powder and the food further containing water-soluble dietary fiber significantly increase SOD and have a remarkable effect on health recovery.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A food containing a fermented cabbage extract powder and a young wheat leaf powder. 2. The food according to claim 1, further comprising a water-soluble dietary fiber.