JP2004269395A - Hypotensive action-having composition - Google Patents

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JP2004269395A
JP2004269395A JP2003060982A JP2003060982A JP2004269395A JP 2004269395 A JP2004269395 A JP 2004269395A JP 2003060982 A JP2003060982 A JP 2003060982A JP 2003060982 A JP2003060982 A JP 2003060982A JP 2004269395 A JP2004269395 A JP 2004269395A
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Shinichi Murakami
伸一 村上
Yoshihiro Kojima
芳弘 小島
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a naturally originated hypotensive action-having medicine or food composition which is safe and little requires worries against side effects and the like, even when administered for a long period. <P>SOLUTION: This hypotensive action-having composition is characterized by containing silk protein obtained by removing sericin forming the outer layer portion of silk from the silk, especially a fibroin hydrolysate capable of being well absorbed in the bodies. The hypotensive action-having composition, food or medicine preferably further contains mulberry leaves, especially mulberry leaf powder, mulberry leaf extract and mulberry leaf extract powder, in an amount of 0.5 to 50 pts. wt. (converted into the original galenical) per pt. wt. of the silk protein. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、シルクプロテイン、場合により桑葉を含む血圧低下作用を有する組成物に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
高血圧症は、心臓や血管の病変を促し、心臓病や脳卒中などにおいて最も重視すべき危険因子と考えられている。高血圧症の治療法としては、食事療法、適度な運動といった非薬物療法、および降圧利尿剤やβ遮断薬といった薬物療法が行われてきた。しかし、食事制限、運動療法では高血圧を改善できない場合も多く、降圧剤の効果も症例によって一様ではない。さらに、降圧療法は原則として長期にわたって継続する必要があるので、副作用の恐れのない、安全な療法が望まれてきた。
そのような状況下で、天然由来の血圧低下成分に注目が集まってきた。
【0003】
例えば、特許文献1には、抗高血圧効果を示す食品成分としては、γ−アミノ酪酸があり、γ−アミノ酪酸を含有する素材として桑葉が挙げられている。
【0004】
特許文献2には、絹フィブロインが、飲食品、化粧品、医薬品など広い分野で有用であることが記載されている。しかし、絹フィブロインの血圧に対する作用についてはなんら記載されていない。
【0005】
【特許文献1】
特開2002−204670号公報
【特許文献2】
特開2001−057851号公報
【0006】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、安全で、長期に服用しても副作用などの心配の少ない、血圧低下作用を有する組成物、および該組成物の医薬または食品としての用途を提供する。
【0007】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明者は、鋭意研究を重ねた結果、シルクプロテインに血圧低下作用があること、そしてさらにシルクプロテインに桑葉を添加すると、著しく血圧低下作用が増強されることを見出し、本発明を完成させた。
【0008】
すなわち、本発明は、シルクプロテインを含むことを特徴とする血圧低下作用を有する組成物、およびさらに該組成物に桑葉を添加したことを特徴とする血圧低下作用を有する組成物に関する。
【0009】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の実施形態として、シルクプロテインを含むことを特徴とする血圧低下作用を有する組成物が挙げられる。
【0010】
本発明において、シルクプロテインは、蚕繭由来のセリシンまたはフィブロインなどのタンパク質;該タンパク質を酸または酵素により加水分解して得ることができる、ポリペプチドもしくはオリゴペプチドなどのペプチドまたはセリンもしくはグリシンなどのアミノ酸;あるいはこれらタンパク質、ペプチドまたはアミノ酸を2種類以上含む混合物のことをいう。
【0011】
本発明のシルクプロテインは、蚕繭または生糸から慣用の方法、例えば、特開平2−177864号公報に記載の方法などに従い得ることができる。例えば、原料の繭玉、屑繭、絹糸などを、場合によりシルク外層部のセリシンを除去してから、常法に従い加水分解処理するか、あるいはこの加水分解処理物をさらに、必要に応じて中和・濃縮・乾燥・殺菌工程のいずれか一つ以上の工程に付すことにより、本発明のシルクプロテインを得ることができる。
【0012】
上記の蚕繭は、特に限定されないが、例えば、天蚕(ヤママユガ、Antheraea yamamai)、柞蚕(Antheraea pernyi)、ムガ蚕(Anthraea mylitta)、クリキュラ(Cricula trifenestrata)、与那国蚕(Attacus atlas)およびエリ蚕(Samia cynthia ricini)などの幼虫の作る蚕繭などが挙げられる。
【0013】
本発明のシルクプロテインのタンパク質として、フィブロインが好ましく、また、体内への吸収の点から、加水分解処理されたものが好ましい。さらに、繭玉などを0.5%NaCO水溶液または沸騰水に浸漬することにより、絹糸外層部のセリシンを除去してから加水分解することがより好ましい。
【0014】
上記の加水分解処理として、塩酸などによる酸加水分解処理;水酸化ナトリウムなどによるアルカリ加水分解処理;およびプロテアーゼ(ぺプチターゼ)による酵素分解処理などが挙げられるが、酸またはアルカリ加水分解処理は、その後中和工程、脱塩工程が必要となるため、酵素による加水分解処理が好ましい。これら処理は、慣用の方法で行うことができ、またこれら処理を単独で行うこともできるし、2種類以上を併用して行うこともできる。
【0015】
上記のプロテアーゼとして、ペプシン、キモトリプシン、カルボキシペプチターゼ、アミノペプチターゼ、プロリターゼ、パパイン、エラスターゼ、パンクレアチンおよびサモアーゼなどが挙げられる。酸性プロテアーゼまたはアルカリプロテアーゼは、上述した酸・アルカリ加水分解の場合と同様に、中和・脱塩工程が必要となるため、中性領域で活性を有するプロテアーゼが好ましい。例えば、パパイン、エラスターゼ、パンクレアチンおよびサモアーゼなどが好ましい。また、これらプロテアーゼを単独で使用することもできるし、2種類以上を併用することもできる。
加水分解の程度は、特に制限されないが、一般に加水分解産物の平均分子量が300〜20,000の範囲、特に600〜11,000の範囲、とりわけ1,000〜2,000の範囲になるように加水分解するのが好ましい。加水分解産物中の遊離アミノ酸の割合を減らして、良好な吸収性を得るために、加水分解産物の平均分子量は300以上、特に600以上、とりわけ1,000以上が好ましく、また、良好な消化性・吸収性を得るために、加水分解産物の平均分子量は20,000以下、特に11,000以下、とりわけ2,000以下が好ましいからである。
【0016】
本発明の実施形態には、上記の組成物に、さらに桑葉を添加した組成物も含まれる。ここで、桑葉とは、クワ科(Moraceae)の植物、例えばMorus alba L.またはその同属若しくは近縁の植物の葉のことをいう。
【0017】
本発明の桑葉として、桑葉の細片、粉末(桑葉末)およびこれらの懸濁液:ならびに桑葉抽出液、桑葉濃縮抽出液および桑葉エキス末などの抽出物を、単独で使用することもできるし、2種類以上を併用することもできる。本発明の組成物には、これら桑葉を、単独で添加してもよく、2種類以上を添加してもよい。
【0018】
上記の桑葉末は、桑葉を慣用の方法、例えば粉砕機にて粉砕し、粗粉末として得るか、あるいはさらに、該粗粉末を粉砕し、微粉末として得ることもできる。
【0019】
上記桑葉の抽出物は、慣用の方法に従って得ることができる。例えば、桑葉の全葉、細片または粉末あるいはこれらの混合物に、抽出用溶媒を加え懸濁して、桑葉懸濁液を得る。該懸濁液を、場合により攪拌しながら、一定の温度で一定時間加熱および/または超音波処理により抽出を行ってから、ろ過(例えば、150メッシュのフィルターを使用する)または遠心分離して、桑葉抽出液を得ることができる。場合により、このろ過または遠心分離操作で残った残渣に、抽出用溶媒を加え、上記の抽出操作を再び繰り返して、桑葉抽出液を得てもよい。この繰り返しの回数は特に制限されないが、抽出効率と抽出工程の簡便化の点から、1回の繰り返しが好ましい。次に、該抽出液を、場合により減圧濃縮(例えば、60〜80℃、固形分19〜20%になるまで)して、桑葉濃縮抽出液を得ることもできる。さらに、該抽出液または該濃縮抽出液から、慣用の方法に従い、例えばスプレードライして篩過(例えば60メッシュの篩)することにより桑葉エキス末を得ることができる。
【0020】
上記の抽出用溶媒は、生薬類の抽出に慣用される溶媒であれば、特に限定されないが、例えば、水および有機溶媒が挙げられる。該有機溶媒として、メタノール、エタノールおよびイソプロピルアルコールなどのアルコール、エーテルならびにアセトンなどが挙げられる。好ましい抽出用溶媒は、水またはエタノールである。上記の抽出用溶媒は、単独で使用することもできるし、2種類以上の混合溶媒として使用することもできる。また、抽出用溶媒による抽出回数を2回以上設けた場合、抽出工程ごとに、それぞれ異なる抽出用溶媒を使用することもできる。
【0021】
上記の抽出時の加熱温度は特に限定されないが、通常、室温〜80℃の温度、好ましくは80℃である。また、上記の抽出は、必要に応じて還流下で行ってもよい。抽出時間も特に限定されないが、抽出効率および抽出工程の簡便化から、好ましくは数時間、より好ましくは3時間である。
【0022】
さらに、安全面の点から、桑葉の細片、粉末(桑葉末)およびこれらの懸濁液:ならびに桑葉抽出液、桑葉濃縮抽出液および桑葉エキス末などの調製において、さらに殺菌工程(例えば80℃、1時間)を設けることが好ましい。
【0023】
本発明における、桑葉の添加量は特に限定されないが、好適な血圧低下作用を得るために、シルクプロテイン1重量部に対し、桑葉は、原生薬換算量で0.5〜50重量部、特に2.5〜25重量部、とりわけ5重量部添加することが望ましい。ここで、原生薬換算量とは、桑葉の全葉、細片および粉末においては、その重量部;これらの懸濁液においては、該懸濁液中に懸濁されている桑葉の全葉、細片および粉末の重量部;桑葉抽出液、桑葉濃縮抽出液および桑葉エキス末においては、これらの1重量部を得るのに必要とされる、桑葉の全葉、細片および粉末の重量部をいう。例えば、桑葉末10重量部から桑葉エキス末2重量部が得られた場合の、該桑葉エキス末の原生薬換算量は5重量部である。なお、上記重量部は、乾燥重量を表す。
【0024】
本発明に係る組成物は、食品として、特に高血圧の予防などの目的で健康食品、機能性食品、健康補助食品、特定保健用食品として使用することができる。これら食品は、例えばお茶、ジュースといった飲料水;ゼリー、あめ、チョコレート、チューインガムなどの形態であってもよい。また、本発明に係る食品は、栄養補助食品(サプリメント)として、液剤、粉剤、粒剤、カプセル剤、錠剤の形で製造されてもよい。
【0025】
また、本発明に係る組成物は、医薬として、例えば、高血圧の予防用または治療用に使用することができる。これら医薬品は、例えば錠剤、コーティング錠、糖衣錠、硬若しくは軟ゼラチンカプセル剤、液剤、乳濁剤又は懸濁剤の形態で経口的に投与することができるが、例えば座剤の形態で直腸的に;例えば軟膏、クリーム剤、ゲル剤又は液剤の形態で局部的又は経皮的に;例えば注射用液剤として非経口的に投与することもできる。
【0026】
医薬として、本発明に係る組成物の投与量は、特に制限されないが、投与経路、剤型、患者の年齢、体重および症状に応じて適宜選択することができる。例えば、経口投与の場合には、成人1日当り有効成分量として200〜2,000mgの投与が望ましい。また、投与期間は、年齢、症状に応じて任意に定めることができる。
【0027】
【実施例】
以下に、本発明の実施例を示すが、本発明はこれら実施例により限定されるものではない。
【0028】
調製例1
蚕繭を、50倍重量の0.5%NaCO水溶液に浸漬し、その後、120分間煮沸し、水洗(5倍重量で2回)、脱水・凍結乾燥して粗製フィブロインを得た。該粗製フィブロインに10倍重量の45%(W/W)CaCl水溶液を加え、120分間煮沸、吸引ろ過した。得られたろ液を、透析により脱塩、凍結乾燥して精製フィブロイン粉末を得た。該精製フィブロイン粉末5gを緩衝液(0.05Mリン酸緩衝液、pH7.0)200mlに溶解し、さらにサモアーゼを500mg/Lになるように添加して、65℃、6時間反応させた。該反応液を、殺菌(100℃、10分間)し、凍結乾燥してシルクプロテインを得た。
得られたシクロプロテインに含まれる加水分解産物の平均分子量は1,050であった。また、得られたシクロプロテインのアミノ酸の組成を表1に示す。
【0029】
【表1】

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【0030】
調製例2
枝付で1m程度に刈り取った桑葉を、枯葉や異物を除去した後、水洗し、泥や汚れを落とした。次に、該桑葉を重曹−食塩(1:1)各0.025%水溶液に浸漬した。次に、該桑葉に95〜120℃の蒸気を5分間吹き付け、続いて、80℃の熱風で、水分が5%以下になるまで乾燥し、枝を取り除いた。次に、該桑葉を、蒸気(約180℃、数秒間)により殺菌してから、粉砕機に投入して粗粉砕し、得られた粗粉末を、再び粉砕機に投入して微粉砕して桑葉末(75メッシュパス95%以上)を得た。
【0031】
調製例3
枝付で1m程度に刈り取った桑葉を、枯葉や異物を除去した後、水洗し、泥や汚れを落とした。次に、80℃の熱風で、水分が5%以下になるまで乾燥し、枝を取り除いた。該桑葉を1kgに精製水15Lを加え、約80℃、3時間加熱した。次に、上清を取り出し、残渣に精製水15Lを加えて上記と同様に加熱し上清を得た。これらの得られた上清を一緒にし、ろ過(150メッシュ)、減圧濃縮(60〜80℃、固形分19〜20%になるまで)、殺菌(80℃、1時間)、スプレードライ、篩過(60メッシュ)し、桑葉エキス末を得た。
【0032】
実施例1
調製例1に従って得られるシルクプロテインを精製水に溶解させ、10%(W/V)溶液を調製した。
【0033】
実施例2
調製例3に従って得られる桑葉エキス末(商品名:桑葉エキス末MC、ミナト製薬株式会社製)を精製水に溶解させ、10%(W/V)溶液を調製し、該溶液に実施例1の10%(W/V)シルクプロテイン溶液を等容量加えて、混合液を調製した。
【0034】
比較例1
調製例3に従って得られる桑葉エキス末を精製水に溶解させ、10%(W/V)溶液を調製した。
【0035】
比較例2
調製例2に従って得られる桑葉末(商品名:桑葉末KC、ミナト製薬株式会社製)を精製水に懸濁させ、10%(W/V)懸濁液を調製した。
【0036】
実験動物および飼育条件
SHRラット(自然発生性高血圧ラット)は日本チャールスリバーから7週齢のオスラット10匹を購入し、2週間の予備飼育後、体重測定と血圧測定を週1回測定し、2回の測定で、高血圧状態の確認を行った後投与実験を実施した。飼育期間中の飼料は、MF固形飼料(オリエンタル酵母)を与え、摂水は水道水を給水瓶で与え、自由摂取させた。
【0037】
血圧低下作用の検討
血圧は尾動脈圧血圧測定装置(夏目製作所)を使用し、各測定時間の15分前に固定器にラットを入れ、40℃の保温プレートで保温した後、1回の測定につき5回以上繰り返し測定し、明らかな異常値を除いた平均値を測定値とした。
血圧が200mmHg程度まで上昇したことを確認した10週齢のSHRラット10匹を、投与実験前日より約18時間絶食させ、投与実験の5日前に測った血圧値に差がない様に5群に群分けした(1群2匹)。次に、ラットに強制的に胃ゾンデで、上記実施例1、実施例2、比較例1または比較例2にて調製された溶液または懸濁液を、500mg/5ml/kgBWの用量で、単回経口投与した。残り1群は対照群として、精製水を5ml/kgBW投与した。投与方法は、強制的に胃ゾンデによりSHRラットに500mg/5ml/kgBWを、単回で経口投与した。
血圧測定は、上記の方法に従い、投与前、3時間後、6時間後、24時間後の4回測定した。ラットに対して、投与6時間後の血圧測定時まで給餌は行わず、投与6時間後の血圧測定終了直後に給餌を行った。その後、給餌制限は行わず、投与24時間後の血圧測定を行った。
その後、1週間後に再び同様の投与実験を実施し、2回の投与実験を合わせ、1群のn数を4として解析を行った。測定した結果は、各群の実測値で表すと共に、投与前の値を0とした投与後の変化量の計算値も表し、その値について解析を行った。
【0038】
統計処理
平均値と標準偏差で表された測定値について、一元の分散分析を行った。危険率(p)が5%以下の場合を有意差ありとした。
【0039】
結果
結果を表2および図1に示した。図1において、a、abおよびbは、それぞれの間に危険率(p)が5%以下で有意差があることを示している。
【0040】
【表2】
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【0041】
各実施例および比較例の投与後の血圧値の変動は、投与3時間後は水の投与群を含めすべての投与群で血圧が低下し、投与6時間後には、比較例1投与群以外は血圧が上昇した。その後、投与24時間後には、すべての投与群で血圧が上昇し、ほぼ投与前の値への回復がみられた。分散分析で比較すると、投与6時間後の血圧値は、対照群に対し、比較例2投与群は有意な差はみられなかったが、比較例1投与群、実施例1投与群および実施例2投与群では有意に血圧が低下した。
図1に示したように、投与前を0とした場合の血圧値の変化量では、投与3時間後は、実施例2投与群で血圧が28.5mmHg低下し、実施例1投与群では23.1mmHg低下した。他の投与群は18mmHg前後の低下にとどまり、対照群とほぼ同じ値であった。投与6時間後の変化量は、対照群に対し、実施例2投与群で有意に低下し、他の投与群には有意な差はみられなかった。
【0042】
考察
以上から、比較例1と実施例1の単回経口投与により血圧が低下し、対照群に対し、有意な差がみられた。さらに、実施例2では、比較例1と実施例1よりいっそう血圧の低下が示された。実施例1の投与では、投与3時間後の血圧の低下が他の実施例や比較例よりも著しくみられ、その後、6時間後に血圧は上昇し、24時間後にはほぼ元の値へ回復した。それに対し、比較例1の投与では、投与3時間後は、対照群とほぼ同様の血圧の変化しかみられなかった。しかし、他の投与群では投与3時間後から6時間後にかけて血圧が上昇していることに対し、比較例1投与群では、投与6時間後に投与3時間後の値よりもやや血圧が低下し、血圧の上昇を抑制している傾向がみられ、他の投与群とは異なった変動が認められた。 以上の結果から、シルクプロテインは早い時間での血圧低下作用が認められ、桑葉エキス末は緩やかな血圧低下作用の維持効果が認められ、二つのサンプルを混合して投与することにより、よりいっそう血圧の低下がみられ、血圧低下作用の相乗効果が認められた。さらに、実施例2投与群では、投与24時間後でも他の投与群よりもやや血圧が低く、血圧の上昇抑制効果の維持傾向が認められた。比較例1投与群では血圧の低下効果が認められたが、比較例2投与群では、あまり効果が認められなかった。
【0043】
結論
桑葉エキス末およびシルクプロテインをSHRラットに単回傾向投与し、血圧に及ぼす影響を検討した。その結果、桑葉エキス末およびシルクプロテインを体重kgあたり500mg投与すると、投与6時間後には水の投与に対し有意に血圧が低下し、血圧低下効果が認められた。さらに、桑葉エキス末およびシルクプロテインの混合物を投与すると、血圧の低下がより増大し、相乗効果が認められた。
【0044】
【発明の効果】
以上のように、本発明によれば、シルクプロテイン、またはさらに桑葉を添加することにより、安全で、長期に服用しても副作用などの心配の少ない血圧低下作用を有する組成物を得ることができる。かかる組成物は、血圧低下用の新たな食品または医薬品を提供することができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】単回投与後のSHRラットの血圧値(投与前の血圧を0とした場合の変化量)を示す図である。[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a composition having a blood pressure lowering effect, comprising silk protein, and optionally mulberry leaves.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Hypertension promotes cardiac and vascular lesions and is considered the most important risk factor in heart disease and stroke. Non-pharmacological treatments such as diet, moderate exercise, and drug treatments such as antihypertensive diuretics and β-blockers have been used as treatments for hypertension. However, hypertension cannot be improved by dietary restriction and exercise therapy in many cases, and the effects of antihypertensive drugs vary depending on the case. Furthermore, since antihypertensive therapy must be continued for a long period of time in principle, a safe therapy without fear of side effects has been desired.
Under such circumstances, attention has been focused on naturally occurring blood pressure lowering components.
[0003]
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses γ-aminobutyric acid as a food ingredient having an antihypertensive effect, and mentions mulberry leaves as a material containing γ-aminobutyric acid.
[0004]
Patent Document 2 describes that silk fibroin is useful in a wide range of fields such as food and drink, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. However, there is no description of the effect of silk fibroin on blood pressure.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-204670 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-057851 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention provides a composition having a blood pressure lowering effect that is safe and has little concern about side effects even when taken for a long time, and a use of the composition as a medicine or food.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present inventors have conducted intensive studies and found that silk protein has a blood pressure lowering effect, and furthermore, when mulberry leaf is added to silk protein, the blood pressure lowering effect is significantly enhanced, and the present invention was completed. Was.
[0008]
That is, the present invention relates to a composition having a blood pressure lowering action characterized by containing silk protein, and further to a composition having a blood pressure lowering action characterized by adding mulberry leaf to the composition.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention includes a composition having a blood pressure lowering effect, which comprises a silk protein.
[0010]
In the present invention, silk protein is a protein such as sericin or fibroin derived from a silkworm cocoon; a peptide such as a polypeptide or an oligopeptide, or an amino acid such as serine or glycine, which can be obtained by hydrolyzing the protein with an acid or an enzyme. Or a mixture containing two or more of these proteins, peptides or amino acids.
[0011]
The silk protein of the present invention can be obtained from silkworm cocoons or raw silk according to a conventional method, for example, the method described in JP-A-2-177864. For example, the raw material cocoon balls, waste cocoons, silk thread, etc., if necessary, after removing sericin in the outer layer of silk, hydrolyze according to a conventional method, or neutralize the hydrolyzed product as needed The silk protein of the present invention can be obtained by subjecting it to any one or more of the concentration, drying, and sterilization steps.
[0012]
The above-mentioned silkworm cocoons are not particularly limited. And silkworm cocoons made by larvae such as Samia cynthia ricini).
[0013]
Fibroin is preferable as the protein of the silk protein of the present invention, and hydrolyzed protein is preferable from the viewpoint of absorption into the body. Further, it is more preferable to hydrolyze after removing sericin in the outer layer portion of the silk thread by immersing a cocoon ball or the like in a 0.5% Na 2 CO 3 aqueous solution or boiling water.
[0014]
Examples of the above hydrolysis treatment include acid hydrolysis treatment with hydrochloric acid and the like; alkali hydrolysis treatment with sodium hydroxide and the like; and enzymatic decomposition treatment with a protease (peptidase). Since a neutralization step and a desalination step are required, a hydrolysis treatment with an enzyme is preferred. These treatments can be performed by a conventional method, and these treatments can be performed alone or in combination of two or more.
[0015]
Examples of the above protease include pepsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase, aminopeptidase, prolitase, papain, elastase, pancreatin, and samoase. The acidic protease or the alkaline protease requires a neutralization / desalting step as in the case of the acid-alkali hydrolysis described above, and therefore, a protease having activity in a neutral region is preferable. For example, papain, elastase, pancreatin, and samoase are preferred. These proteases can be used alone or in combination of two or more.
The degree of hydrolysis is not particularly limited, but is generally such that the average molecular weight of the hydrolyzate is in the range of 300 to 20,000, especially in the range of 600 to 11,000, especially in the range of 1,000 to 2,000. Hydrolysis is preferred. In order to reduce the proportion of free amino acids in the hydrolyzate and obtain good absorbability, the average molecular weight of the hydrolyzate is preferably 300 or more, particularly 600 or more, especially 1,000 or more, and also good digestibility. -In order to obtain absorbability, the average molecular weight of the hydrolysis product is preferably 20,000 or less, particularly 11,000 or less, and particularly preferably 2,000 or less.
[0016]
Embodiments of the present invention also include compositions obtained by adding mulberry leaves to the above composition. Here, the mulberry leaf is a plant of the mulberry family (Moraceae), for example, Morus alba L. Or a leaf of a plant of the same genus or a closely related species.
[0017]
As the mulberry leaf of the present invention, mulberry leaf fragments, powder (mulberry leaf powder) and suspensions thereof, and extracts such as mulberry leaf extract, mulberry leaf concentrated extract and mulberry leaf extract powder are used alone. Or two or more of them can be used in combination. These mulberry leaves may be added alone or in combination of two or more to the composition of the present invention.
[0018]
The mulberry leaves described above can be obtained as a coarse powder by crushing mulberry leaves by a conventional method, for example, using a crusher, or can be obtained as a fine powder by further crushing the coarse powder.
[0019]
The mulberry leaf extract can be obtained according to a conventional method. For example, a mulberry leaf suspension is obtained by adding and extracting an extraction solvent to all leaves, strips, powder or a mixture thereof of mulberry leaves. The suspension is extracted by heating and / or sonication at a constant temperature and for a period of time, optionally with stirring, and then filtered (eg, using a 150 mesh filter) or centrifuged, Mulberry leaf extract can be obtained. In some cases, an extraction solvent may be added to the residue remaining in this filtration or centrifugation operation, and the above extraction operation may be repeated again to obtain a mulberry leaf extract. Although the number of repetitions is not particularly limited, one repetition is preferable in terms of extraction efficiency and simplification of the extraction process. Next, the extract may optionally be concentrated under reduced pressure (for example, at 60 to 80 ° C. and a solid content of 19 to 20%) to obtain a concentrated extract of mulberry leaf. Furthermore, mulberry leaf extract powder can be obtained from the extract or the concentrated extract by a conventional method, for example, by spray drying and sieving (for example, a 60 mesh sieve).
[0020]
The extraction solvent is not particularly limited as long as it is a solvent commonly used for extracting crude drugs, and examples thereof include water and organic solvents. Examples of the organic solvent include alcohols such as methanol, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, ethers and acetone. Preferred extraction solvents are water or ethanol. The above-mentioned extraction solvents can be used alone or as a mixed solvent of two or more kinds. When the number of extractions with the extraction solvent is two or more, a different extraction solvent can be used for each extraction step.
[0021]
The heating temperature at the time of the above-mentioned extraction is not particularly limited, but is usually room temperature to 80 ° C, preferably 80 ° C. Further, the above extraction may be performed under reflux if necessary. The extraction time is not particularly limited, either, but is preferably several hours, more preferably 3 hours, from the viewpoint of extraction efficiency and simplification of the extraction step.
[0022]
Further, from the viewpoint of safety, in the preparation of mulberry leaf fragments, powder (mulberry leaf powder) and their suspensions: and mulberry leaf extract, mulberry leaf concentrated extract, mulberry leaf extract powder, etc., a sterilization step is further performed. (For example, at 80 ° C. for one hour).
[0023]
In the present invention, the amount of mulberry leaf added is not particularly limited, but in order to obtain a suitable blood pressure lowering effect, mulberry leaf is 0.5 to 50 parts by weight in terms of a crude drug, relative to 1 part by weight of silk protein, It is particularly desirable to add 2.5 to 25 parts by weight, especially 5 parts by weight. Here, the equivalent amount of the crude drug refers to the weight part of whole leaves, strips and powder of mulberry leaves; in the case of these suspensions, the total amount of mulberry leaves suspended in the suspension. Parts by weight of leaves, strips and powder; in mulberry leaf extract, mulberry leaf concentrated extract and mulberry leaf extract powder, all leaves and strips of mulberry leaf required to obtain 1 part by weight of these And parts by weight of the powder. For example, when 2 parts by weight of mulberry leaf extract powder is obtained from 10 parts by weight of mulberry leaf powder, the equivalent amount of the mulberry leaf extract powder to the crude drug is 5 parts by weight. In addition, the said weight part represents dry weight.
[0024]
The composition according to the present invention can be used as a food, especially as a health food, a functional food, a health supplement, or a food for specified health use for the purpose of preventing hypertension and the like. These foods may be in the form of drinking water, for example tea, juice; jelly, candy, chocolate, chewing gum and the like. Further, the food according to the present invention may be manufactured in the form of a liquid, a powder, a granule, a capsule, or a tablet as a dietary supplement (supplement).
[0025]
The composition according to the present invention can be used as a medicament, for example, for preventing or treating hypertension. These pharmaceuticals can be administered orally, for example in the form of tablets, coated tablets, dragees, hard or soft gelatin capsules, solutions, emulsions or suspensions, but for example, rectally in the form of suppositories. Topically or transdermally, for example in the form of ointments, creams, gels or solutions; for example, parenteral administration as injectable solutions.
[0026]
The dose of the composition according to the present invention as a medicament is not particularly limited, but can be appropriately selected according to the administration route, dosage form, patient's age, body weight and symptoms. For example, in the case of oral administration, it is desirable to administer 200 to 2,000 mg of the active ingredient per day for an adult. The administration period can be arbitrarily determined according to the age and symptoms.
[0027]
【Example】
Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.
[0028]
Preparation Example 1
The silkworm cocoon was immersed in a 50% by weight aqueous solution of 0.5% Na 2 CO 3 , then boiled for 120 minutes, washed with water (twice at 5 times the weight), dehydrated and freeze-dried to obtain crude fibroin. To the crude fibroin was added a 10-fold aqueous solution of 45% (W / W) CaCl 2, and the mixture was boiled for 120 minutes and filtered by suction. The obtained filtrate was desalted by dialysis and freeze-dried to obtain a purified fibroin powder. 5 g of the purified fibroin powder was dissolved in 200 ml of a buffer solution (0.05 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.0), and samoase was added to a concentration of 500 mg / L, followed by reaction at 65 ° C. for 6 hours. The reaction solution was sterilized (100 ° C., 10 minutes) and freeze-dried to obtain a silk protein.
The average molecular weight of the hydrolysis product contained in the obtained cycloprotein was 1,050. Table 1 shows the amino acid composition of the obtained cycloprotein.
[0029]
[Table 1]
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[0030]
Preparation Example 2
After removing dead leaves and foreign substances, the mulberry leaves cut to about 1 m with a branch were washed with water to remove mud and dirt. Next, the mulberry leaves were immersed in a 0.025% aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate-salt (1: 1). Next, the mulberry leaves were sprayed with steam at 95 to 120 ° C. for 5 minutes, and then dried with hot air at 80 ° C. until the water content became 5% or less, and the branches were removed. Next, the mulberry leaves are sterilized by steam (about 180 ° C., several seconds), then put into a crusher and coarsely crushed, and the obtained coarse powder is again put into a crusher and finely crushed. Mulberry leaves (75 mesh pass 95% or more) were obtained.
[0031]
Preparation Example 3
After removing dead leaves and foreign substances, the mulberry leaves cut to about 1 m with a branch were washed with water to remove mud and dirt. Next, it was dried with hot air at 80 ° C. until the water content became 5% or less, and the branches were removed. 15 kg of purified water was added to 1 kg of the mulberry leaf, and heated at about 80 ° C. for 3 hours. Next, the supernatant was taken out, 15 L of purified water was added to the residue, and the mixture was heated in the same manner as above to obtain a supernatant. These obtained supernatants are combined, filtered (150 mesh), concentrated under reduced pressure (60 to 80 ° C., solid content of 19 to 20%), sterilized (80 ° C., 1 hour), spray-dried, sieved (60 mesh) to obtain mulberry leaf extract powder.
[0032]
Example 1
The silk protein obtained according to Preparation Example 1 was dissolved in purified water to prepare a 10% (W / V) solution.
[0033]
Example 2
Mulberry leaf extract powder (trade name: Mulberry leaf extract MC, manufactured by Minato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) obtained according to Preparation Example 3 was dissolved in purified water to prepare a 10% (W / V) solution. An equal volume of 10% (W / V) silk protein solution was added to prepare a mixture.
[0034]
Comparative Example 1
The mulberry leaf extract powder obtained according to Preparation Example 3 was dissolved in purified water to prepare a 10% (W / V) solution.
[0035]
Comparative Example 2
Mulberry leaf powder (trade name: Mulberry leaf powder KC, manufactured by Minato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) obtained according to Preparation Example 2 was suspended in purified water to prepare a 10% (W / V) suspension.
[0036]
Experimental animals and breeding conditions SHR rats (naturally occurring hypertensive rats) were purchased 10 male rats at the age of 7 weeks from Charles River Japan, and after pre-breeding for 2 weeks, body weight measurement and blood pressure measurement were measured once a week. After confirming the state of hypertension in each measurement, a dosing experiment was performed. During the breeding period, MF solid feed (Oriental yeast) was provided, and tap water was provided by a water bottle to feed water.
[0037]
Examination of blood pressure lowering effect Blood pressure was measured by using a tail arterial blood pressure measuring device (Natsume Seisakusho), placing the rat in a fixator 15 minutes before each measuring time, keeping the temperature on a 40 ° C warm plate, and measuring once. The measurement was repeated 5 times or more, and the average value excluding the obvious abnormal value was used as the measured value.
Ten SHR rats, 10 weeks old, whose blood pressure was confirmed to have risen to about 200 mmHg, were fasted for about 18 hours from the day before the administration experiment, and divided into five groups so that there was no difference in the blood pressure values measured 5 days before the administration experiment. The animals were divided into groups (two animals per group). Next, the solution or suspension prepared in the above Example 1, Example 2, Comparative Example 1 or Comparative Example 2 was forcibly applied to a rat at a dose of 500 mg / 5 ml / kg BW by a gastric probe. A single oral dose was administered. The remaining one group received 5 ml / kg BW of purified water as a control group. In the administration method, a single dose of 500 mg / 5 ml / kg BW was orally administered to SHR rats by gastric tube.
The blood pressure was measured four times before administration, 3 hours, 6 hours, and 24 hours after administration according to the method described above. The rats were not fed until blood pressure was measured 6 hours after administration, and were fed immediately after the blood pressure measurement was completed 6 hours after administration. Thereafter, the feeding was not restricted, and the blood pressure was measured 24 hours after the administration.
Then, one week later, the same administration experiment was performed again. The two administration experiments were combined, and the analysis was performed with the number of n in one group being 4. The measured results were represented by the actual measured values of each group, and also represented by the calculated values of the change after administration, with the value before administration being 0, and the values were analyzed.
[0038]
Statistical processing A one-way analysis of variance was performed on the measured value represented by the average value and the standard deviation. A case where the risk factor (p) was 5% or less was regarded as having a significant difference.
[0039]
Results The results are shown in Table 2 and FIG. In FIG. 1, a, ab, and b indicate that there is a significant difference when the risk factor (p) is 5% or less.
[0040]
[Table 2]
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[0041]
Changes in blood pressure values after administration in each Example and Comparative Example were as follows: blood pressure decreased in all administration groups including the water administration group at 3 hours after administration, and at 6 hours after administration, blood pressure decreased except in Comparative Example 1 administration group. Blood pressure has risen. Thereafter, 24 hours after the administration, the blood pressure increased in all the administration groups, and almost returned to the value before administration. When compared by the analysis of variance, the blood pressure value 6 hours after the administration showed no significant difference in the control group from the comparative example 2 administration group, but the comparative example 1 administration group, the example 1 administration group and the example 1 The blood pressure significantly decreased in the two administration groups.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the variation of the blood pressure value when the value before the administration was set to 0, the blood pressure decreased by 28.5 mmHg in the administration group of Example 2 and 23 hours in the administration group of Example 1 3 hours after administration. .1 mmHg. In the other administration groups, the decrease was only around 18 mmHg, which was almost the same value as the control group. The amount of change 6 hours after administration was significantly lower in the group administered with Example 2 than in the control group, and no significant difference was observed in the other administration groups.
[0042]
Discussion From the above, the blood pressure was reduced by a single oral administration of Comparative Example 1 and Example 1, and a significant difference was observed from the control group. Furthermore, Example 2 showed a further decrease in blood pressure as compared with Comparative Example 1 and Example 1. In the administration of Example 1, the decrease in blood pressure 3 hours after administration was more remarkable than in the other Examples and Comparative Examples, and thereafter, the blood pressure increased 6 hours later, and almost returned to the original value 24 hours later. . On the other hand, in the administration of Comparative Example 1, almost the same change in blood pressure as in the control group was observed 3 hours after administration. However, in the other administration groups, the blood pressure increased from 3 hours to 6 hours after administration, whereas in the comparative example 1 administration group, the blood pressure decreased slightly from the value 3 hours after administration 6 hours after administration. However, there was a tendency that the rise in blood pressure was suppressed, and fluctuations different from those of the other administration groups were observed. From the above results, silk protein has an effect of lowering blood pressure in an early time, and mulberry leaf extract powder has an effect of maintaining a moderate blood pressure lowering effect, and it is even more effective by mixing and administering two samples. A decrease in blood pressure was observed, and a synergistic effect of the blood pressure lowering effect was observed. Furthermore, in the administration group of Example 2, even after 24 hours from administration, the blood pressure was slightly lower than in the other administration groups, and a tendency to maintain the blood pressure increase suppression effect was observed. The blood pressure lowering effect was observed in the group administered with Comparative Example 1, but the effect was not so much observed in the group administered with Comparative Example 2.
[0043]
Conclusion Mulberry leaf extract powder and silk protein were administered to SHR rats in a single dose, and the effects on blood pressure were examined. As a result, when 500 mg of mulberry leaf extract powder and silk protein were administered per kg of body weight, the blood pressure was significantly reduced 6 hours after administration compared to the administration of water, and a blood pressure lowering effect was observed. Furthermore, when a mixture of mulberry leaf extract powder and silk protein was administered, a decrease in blood pressure was further increased, and a synergistic effect was observed.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, by adding silk protein or mulberry leaves, it is possible to obtain a composition having a blood pressure lowering action that is safe and has less concern about side effects even when taken for a long time. it can. Such compositions can provide new foods or medicaments for lowering blood pressure.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a graph showing blood pressure values of SHR rats after a single administration (changes when blood pressure before administration is set to 0).

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シルクプロテインを含むことを特徴とする血圧低下作用を有する組成物。A composition having a blood pressure lowering effect, comprising a silk protein. 更に、桑葉を含む、請求項1記載の組成物。The composition of claim 1, further comprising mulberry leaves. 桑葉が、桑葉末、桑葉抽出液および桑葉エキス末からなる群より選択される、請求項2の組成物。The composition of claim 2, wherein the mulberry leaf is selected from the group consisting of mulberry leaf powder, mulberry leaf extract and mulberry leaf extract powder. シルクプロテイン1重量部に対して、桑葉を原生薬換算量で0.5〜50重量部添加した、請求項2または3記載記載の組成物。The composition according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the mulberry leaf is added in an amount of 0.5 to 50 parts by weight in terms of a crude drug per 1 part by weight of silk protein. シクロプロテインが、フィブロイン加水分解産物を主成分とする、請求項1〜4のいずれか一項記載の組成物。The composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cycloprotein is based on a fibroin hydrolyzate. 食品である、請求項1〜5のいずれか一項記載の組成物。The composition according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is a food. 医薬である、請求項1〜5のいずれか一項記載の組成物。The composition according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is a medicament.
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