JPH07313099A - Plant mineral composition, its production and health food containing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce the subject mineral composition excellent in absorption from readily available raw materials easy to get and store, and advantageous from the viewpoint of production facility and cost by using an ash obtained from a specific plant raw material. CONSTITUTION:Heavy metals such as Ag, Hg and Pb are initially precipitated and removed from (A) an ash selected from an ash derived from bean curd lees, a tree-derived ash and an ash derived from mulukkiyya leaves by adding a mineral acid (e.g. hydrochloric acid) or an organic acid (e.g. acetic acid) thereto and adjusting pH to 1 to 5. (B) An extract of seaweeds is then added thereto and minerals are subsequently precipitated in the form of their salts, e.g. by adding potassium carbonate, etc., thereto and adjusting pH to 5 to 10, preferably 6 to 8. The resultant material is finally dried, thus producing the objective composition containing mineral components derived from the components (A) and (B). In addition, this composition contains preferably 10 to 100wt.% Ca as a mineral component.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant mineral composition, a method for producing the same, and a health food containing the plant mineral composition.

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2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the importance of mineral components including calcium or the balance thereof has been recognized, and studies on mineral compositions having good absorbability have been conducted in various fields (Japanese Patent Publication 60-56795, Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-15691
4, JP-A-05-139872, JP-B-01-3171
19).

Conventionally, such a mineral composition has been mainly produced from animal bones, shells, eggshells, pearls, etc., but it is not always easy to obtain and store the raw materials, and the firing process is performed using a special electric furnace. However, there was a problem in terms of manufacturing equipment and cost.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a mineral composition in which raw materials can be easily obtained and stored, and which is advantageous in terms of manufacturing equipment and cost.

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In view of such circumstances, as a result of intensive studies, the present inventors have surprisingly solved the above problems by using ash obtained from a specific plant raw material. They have found what they can do and have completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to a mineral component of one or more kinds of ash selected from the group consisting of ash derived from tofu-produced dregs, ash derived from trees and ash derived from Moroheia leaves, and a seaweed extract. The present invention provides a plant mineral composition containing a mineral component.

The present invention also relates to ash derived from tofu-produced lees,
Precipitation of heavy metals by adjusting the pH to 1 to 5 by adding a mineral acid or an organic acid to one or more kinds of ash selected from the group consisting of ash derived from trees and ash derived from Moroheia leaves. Remove and add seaweed extract, p
The present invention provides a method for producing the plant mineral composition, which comprises adjusting H to 5 to 10 to precipitate a mineral salt, and then drying.

The plant mineral composition of the present invention contains a mineral component contained in the ash derived from a specific plant raw material, and the first example of the ash derived from the plant raw material is tofu-produced meal. It is ash derived from (okara). The ash content is "Okara" at a temperature of 400-18 using an incinerator.
It can be obtained at 00 ° C., preferably 900 ° C., for 1 to 8 hours, preferably 3 to 5 hours. In this way, since the ash produced when the tofu-produced meal is incinerated and discarded can be used, an inexpensive raw material can be obtained.

A second example of ash derived from plant raw materials is ash derived from trees. Tree-derived ash is obtained during charcoal making, such as the production of Bincho charcoal. Examples of tree species include evergreen trees such as oak, kunugi, oak, camellia, chair, and itaya, and coniferous trees such as pine, cedar, cypress, and fir which are used for special purposes can also be used. As ash derived from trees, ash derived from evergreen trees is preferable from the viewpoint that it is preferable to reduce the content of phosphorus. Such ash content was obtained by using a kiln for charcoal making, according to a conventional method of charcoal making
It is obtained by heating at 00 to 2500 ° C., preferably 900 to 1000 ° C. for 1 to 8 hours, preferably 2 to 4 hours. The ash derived from this tree is also a by-product that is usually discarded, and is therefore an inexpensive raw material.

A third example of ash derived from plant raw materials is ash derived from Moroheia leaves. The ash content is obtained by using an electric furnace, a rotary kiln, a retort furnace, or the like to remove the moroheia leaves at a temperature of 400 to 2500 ° C., preferably 8
It is obtained by heating at 00 ° C for 1 to 8 hours, preferably 2 to 3 hours to incinerate.

The plant mineral composition of the present invention contains a mineral component contained in any one or two or more of the above three kinds of ash as an essential component.

Examples of mineral components contained in the ash include Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Mn, Zn,
Cu etc. are mentioned.

The plant mineral composition of the present invention contains, as an essential component, a seaweed-derived mineral component in addition to the mineral component contained in the ash. As the seaweed, any seaweed can be used, and examples thereof include seaweed, root kelp, hijiki, arame, agar beetle, Nori seaweed, sea lettuce, mozuku, matsumo and the like. The seaweed-derived mineral component may be derived from a single seaweed or a plurality of seaweeds.

Examples of mineral components derived from seaweeds include:
Cu, Fe, Zn, Ca, Mg, P, Na, K, Pb,
S, Co, Ni, etc. are mentioned.

In the plant mineral composition of the present invention,
The proportion of mineral components derived from seaweeds is generally 1/1000 to 1/2 with respect to the mineral components derived from the ash.
Is the range.

The plant mineral composition of the present invention can be manufactured by the following procedure.

First, ash content derived from tofu-produced dregs, ash content derived from trees, ash content derived from Moroheia leaves, or ash content obtained by mixing two or more thereof is prepared. The ash content is preferably 10 minutes to 10% of the crude ash content obtained by incineration / heating.
It is used as a residue after ultrasonic washing with water or stirring with water for about 2 hours, filtering with a filter press or the like, or centrifugation.

Mineral or organic acids are added to the residue. Addition of such an acid adjusts the pH to 1 to 5
This is to remove unnecessary or undesired heavy metals such as g, Hg, Pb, Co and Ni by precipitation. Examples of the mineral acid include those mainly containing hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, which are directly or made into a dilute solution of a certain number of kinds. The organic acid may be any one commonly used in foods, for example, high acidity brewing vinegar aging solution, acetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, fumaric acid, oxalic acid, gluconic acid, citric acid, etc. Is mentioned. These acids can be used alone or in combination.

Next, the seaweed extract is added. The seaweed extract is prepared by extracting from the seaweed as described above with an extractant such as water, hot water or hydrous alcohols,
In addition to minerals, it also contains proteins, peptides and amino acids. The amount of seaweed extract added is based on the weight of ash.
The amount is 1/5 to 1/1000.

Next, the pH is adjusted to 5-10, preferably 6-
Adjust to 8. For this adjustment, a neutralizing alkali salt such as potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, magnesium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate is used. By adjusting the pH, the mineral component is precipitated as a salt.

The precipitate is filtered with a filter press or the like, or centrifuged to obtain a solid. The solid is dried. As the drying method, a reduced pressure drying method, a spray drying method, a freeze drying method, a drum drying method, a belt drying method,
A microwave heat drying method and the like are included. The drying treatment can be performed by using these drying methods individually or in an appropriate combination. Desirably, the filtration or centrifugation is performed after adjusting the pH to 4 to 6 with the organic acid as described above.

Powdery plant minerals are obtained by such a drying treatment. In the manufacturing process, Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, by changing the adjusted pH in various ways by selecting the kind of raw material ash, the kind of seaweed, or the mineral acid, the organic acid or a combination thereof. Fe, Mn, Zn
And the like, the distribution of mineral components can be changed, and the mineral components are balanced, particularly Ca: P: Mg = 1: 0.0002 to 0.5: 0.3.
A botanical mineral composition of ˜0.7 is obtained.

According to the present invention, in one aspect, there is provided a plant mineral composition containing various mineral components, preferably having a calcium content of 10% or more in the mineral components, which is obtained by the procedure as described above. However, in another aspect, there is provided a vegetable calcium composition containing only calcium as a mineral component.
Such a plant calcium composition containing only calcium as a mineral component is a plant mineral composition containing various mineral components obtained by the above-mentioned procedure, by gel column fractionation treatment, ion chromatography fractionation treatment, etc. It can be obtained by a method of taking out only calcium and a purification treatment with an acid / alkali to remove other mineral components, and substantially leaving only calcium as a mineral component.

This time, the plant mineral composition of the present invention, particularly the plant calcium composition, is significantly different from the conventional animal raw materials and mineral raw materials in terms of absorbability into the living body, incorporation into bone tissue, etc. Turned out to be. That is, by adding and extracting the seaweed extract when forming the calcium salt of an organic acid, the deposition of radioactive elements such as protonium on the living bone is significantly reduced. Therefore, the plant mineral composition of the present invention can be effectively added to safe food for those engaged in energy development and space development.

The plant mineral composition of the present invention is used alone or in combination with protein (animal protein, plant protein), amino acid,
It can be used as a plant mineral supplement by adding a plant extract or an animal extract. Alternatively, when processing sweets such as cookies, biscuits, and wafers, rice and wheat, and adding to foods such as sprinkles, tsukudani, canned foods, soy sauce, drinks, etc., it can be made into a healthy food, Such health food is also within the scope of the present invention.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to experimental examples and examples. Experimental Example 1 Examination of Ash Derived from Vegetable Raw Materials As the vegetable raw materials in the present invention, the raw materials listed in Table 1 below were examined. Using an electric furnace, 40
It was incinerated at 0 to 2500 ° C. for 1 to 8 hours, and the content of mineral components useful for the living body was measured. The results are shown in Table 1.

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[Table 1]

From Table 1, ash content derived from tofu-produced lees, tree-derived ash content, and morrohea leaf-derived ash content were selected based on the balance of calcium and other mineral components and the complexity of phosphorus removal.

Example 1 Using an incinerator, about 6 kg of "Okara" which is a tofu-making meal
Was incinerated at a temperature of 400 ° C. for 4 hours to obtain 100 g of ash. This was washed with water for 1 hour and filtered to obtain 67 g of residue. Then, 10% hydrochloric acid was added to the residue to adjust the pH to 3.0.
The following adjustments were made to remove traces of heavy metals. Then the seaweed extract is 1/1000 of the weight of the residue
Was added. Table 2 shows the mineral components of the seaweed extract used, and Table 3 shows the contents of proteins, peptides and the like.

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[Table 2]

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[Table 3]

After the seaweed extract was added, the mixture was stirred and mixed, neutralized with potassium carbonate to pH 6, and mineral salts were precipitated.
After filtration and drying, 60 g of a solid product was obtained. Vinegar was added to this to adjust the pH to 4, concentrated, and dried by a freeze-drying method to obtain a plant mineral composition of the present invention. The mineral components are shown in Table 4.

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[Table 4]

From Table 4, the plant mineral composition of "Okara ash" of the present invention contains not only calcium but also magnesium and potassium which assist absorption of calcium in a well-balanced manner, and is preferable as a raw material for calcium preparation. I understand.

Example 2 A plant mineral composition of the present invention was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the tree ash of oak tree species was used as the ash. Table 5 shows the mineral components of the obtained plant mineral composition.

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[Table 5]

From Table 5, it can be seen that the plant mineral composition of the present invention containing tree ash has a high calcium content and a low phosphorus content.

Example 3 A plant millral composition of the present invention was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that Moroheia leaf ash was used as the ash. Table 6 shows the mineral components of the obtained plant mineral composition.

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[Table 6]

From Table 6, it can be seen that the plant mineral composition of the present invention derived from Morohia leaf ash has a high calcium content,
Moreover, it can be seen that the phosphorus content is low.

Example 4 10 g of the plant mineral composition obtained in Example 2 was weighed, 10% hydrochloric acid was added, and after dissolution, the mixture was filtered, potassium carbonate solution was added to the filtrate, and the pH was raised successively to gel and quan. Chromatograph and collect fractions with pH = 4-6. This fractional solution is collected, concentrated under reduced pressure, water is distilled off as much as possible, and then dried in a dryer at 130 ° C. for 1 hour to obtain a plant mineral composition containing substantially only plant calcium as a mineral component. 2 g of (vegetable calcium) was obtained. The mineral components are shown in Table 7.

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[Table 7]

Example 5 The vegetable mineral composition obtained in Example 1 was blended with a food wafer at a weight ratio of 2/50 to obtain a health food of the present invention.

Experimental Example 2 Absorbency Test Using the rat intestine, the mineral composition of the present invention having a high calcium content obtained in Example 2 was tested for absorbency. As a control, calcium carbonate (purity 98.5% or more), calcium lactate, calcium chloride
The calcium phosphate was similarly tested. The test method is as follows.

Five Wistar rats were treated as one group, anesthetized, the intestines were opened, the small intestine was ligated, and blood was collected from the intestinal vena cava, and then 2% each of calcium carbonate, calcium lactate, calcium chloride, calcium phosphate and 2% 5 ml of an aqueous solution (adjusted to pH 2.0) of the plant mineral composition of Example 1 was injected into the intestinal loop. Blood was collected from the intestinal vena cava every 15 minutes after injection, serum was separated, and total calcium and ionic calcium concentrations were measured. Figure 1 shows the total calcium concentration in blood after administration.
2 shows the ionic calcium concentration in blood after administration. From FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the calcium concentration in blood is
It can be seen that administration of the plant mineral composition of the present invention is significantly higher than administration of control calcium.

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention provides a plant mineral composition which can be easily and inexpensively produced from inexpensive natural plants or plant ash, which is a waste by-product of plant processing, as a raw material, and which is excellent in absorbability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the total calcium concentration in blood after administration.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the ionic calcium concentration in blood after administration.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Matsumoto 1351-3 Asahi-cho, Nabari-shi, Mie Yoneyama Corp 201 (72) Inventor Hirokazu Takeshima 211, Hibiki, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuka-gun, Nara

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mineral component of one or more ash components selected from the group consisting of ash components derived from tofu-produced dregs, ash components derived from trees and ash components derived from Moroheia leaves, and mineral components of a seaweed extract. A vegetable mineral composition containing. 2. The vegetable mineral composition according to claim 1, wherein the mineral component consists of calcium only. 3. The plant mineral composition according to claim 1, wherein the mineral component comprises calcium and other mineral components. 4. A pH obtained by adding a mineral acid or an organic acid to one or more kinds of ash selected from the group consisting of ash derived from tofu-produced dregs, ash derived from trees and ash derived from Moroheia leaves. 2. The precipitation amount of heavy metals is adjusted to 1 to 5, the seaweed extract is added, the pH is adjusted to 5 to 10 to precipitate mineral salts, and then the mixture is dried. A method for producing the plant mineral composition described. 5. A health food comprising the plant mineral composition according to claim 1 incorporated into a food.