JPH08298952A - Tablet food mainly containing mulberry leaf powder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a tablet food for readily digesting active components of mulberry leaf in a large amount at once. CONSTITUTION: This tablet is composed of 60-90wt.% mulberry leaf powder, 10-35wt.% dextrin and 1-3wt.% soybean oil and fat.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a tablet in which mulberry leaves containing a large amount of calcium, minerals, etc., among nutrients necessary for the human body, can be easily ingested as a so-called functional food. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is well known that, for example, green tea or the like has been used in the form of food additives as a means for supplementing vitamins, minerals and the like in addition to the use as a favorite product.
In some cases, mulberry leaves are also called "mulberry leaves" in Chinese medicine, for example, and they are used as mulberry tea to take advantage of their medicinal effects, but the fact is that they are not widely used. .

On the other hand, from the past, attention has been paid to the medicinal effect of mulberry leaves, and in the old days, the description was seen in the drug book "Shinnohon Kousaku".
Called "mulberry" in Chinese medicine, it is said to have many medicinal effects such as suppressing the rise in blood pressure, removing hot flashes, purifying blood, swelling, and improving bowel movements. In addition, since mulberry leaves contain a large amount of various minerals such as calcium and various kinds of vitamins and a large amount of dietary fiber, attempts have been made to use them as so-called health foods, but their effectiveness is still high. Intake method is not established.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned reasons, the present invention provides a large amount of physiologically active substances such as various vitamins and minerals, which are active ingredients of mulberry leaves, in an effective and convenient manner. Is intended to be made into food.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, mulberry leaves as a main raw material are dried and then made into a coarse powder. After the sterilization step of sterilizing the powder, a powdering step for making finer particles is added, several kinds of fillers are added, and after the granulating step, a tableting step is performed to form tablets. In this case, in the present invention, dextrin and soybean oil and fat are used as a filler for tableting.

[0006]

Example First, mulberry leaves, which are the main raw material, are dried at room temperature after washing. This is to prevent destruction and deterioration of vitamins due to, for example, heating or freeze-drying. Then, after making so-called coarsely ground powder,
The sterilization process makes it suitable for food.

[0007] After that, the raw material powder is subjected to a step of making it finer, for example, in order to make it finer, for example, to a particle size of about 100 microns, in order to improve the texture of the tongue when finally ingested as a powder. Furthermore, while adding a small amount of vegetable oil and fat together with processed starch, dextrin, etc. as a bulking agent for tableting, the granules are once passed through a congealing step, and finally a tablet food is obtained through a tableting step. It is a thing.

[0008]

[Effect] Various ingredients contained in mulberry leaves, which is the main raw material of the present invention, are rich in various minerals and various vitamins, especially calcium, and are also considered to be useful for the body. It also contains fiber, and when compared with the components of green tea leaves, the results are shown in the table below.

[0009]

[Table 1]

Further, looking at an example in which the action of mulberry leaves on the living body was examined, the results as shown in FIG. 1 were obtained in the experiment of the cholesterol lowering action using rabbits. That is,
Looking at the effect of mulberry leaves on the serum total cholesterol of rabbits fed a high-cholesterol diet in FIG. 1, it is clear that there is a large difference in the serum total cholesterol values between the groups A and B.

When a rabbit is fed a high cholesterol diet,
A hyperlipidemic animal can be easily produced, and a few 10 mg /
Serum total cholesterol (T.Cho) level of dl reaches 2500 mg / dl in 10 weeks (Group A). On the other hand, a group in which 2.5% of mulberry leaves was added to the high cholesterol diet (B
In the group), the increase in serum T · Cho level was slow, reaching only half of 1200 mg / dl in 10 weeks.

Further, when the results of the experiment on the blood glucose lowering action using rats are seen in FIG. 2, the action on the living body is clear. That is, an experimental diabetic rat was made and the experiment was conducted. By administration of streptozotocin (STZ), the insulin secretory function of the pancreas was inhibited, and the amount of STZ was adjusted in the rat that produced the diabetic condition to prepare a mildly pathological animal.

When a fasting blood glucose level is slightly higher than that in a normal animal, a glucose load causes an abnormally high blood glucose level (C
group). On the other hand, in a glucose tolerance experiment in a group fed with a feed containing mulberry leaves, the blood glucose level was higher than that in the normal animals (group E), but compared to the group without mulberry leaves (group C), The value was significantly low (Group D).

[0014]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the effect of mulberry leaf addition on serum total cholesterol of rabbits fed a high cholesterol diet, which are a high cholesterol diet group (A group) and a 2.5% mulberry leaf supplemented diet group (B group). It is a graph which shows a comparative cholesterol value with.

FIG. 2 shows glucose tolerance test data in rats fed a mulberry leaf-added feed for 16 weeks, which were compared with the normal diet group (Group C) and 2.
It is a comparison graph of a 5% mulberry leaf addition diet group (D group) and a normal animal group (E group).

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tablet food comprising 60% to 90% by weight of mulberry leaf powder, 10% to 35% by weight of dextrin, and 1% to 3% by weight of soybean oil.