JPH0870822A - Capsuled food and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a capsuled food effective for preventing various kinds of inflammations and aging phenomena of tissue by utilizing a polysaccharide substance extracted from cartilage of a shark. CONSTITUTION: At least one of polysaccharide substances extracted from a ground material of cartilage of a shark or cartilage of a shark is sealed in gelatin capsules having a continuous film soluble in the intestine on the surface. Since the capsules reach the intestine without receiving deactivating action with gastric juice, physiological activities are effectively enhanced by mutually action of the blended components.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food product in capsules used as a dietary supplement or a health food product and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order for humans to be active and healthy every day, it is necessary to ingest balanced nutrition as food, but the tastes of ordinary people such as ordinary meals and confectionery are taken daily. There is a problem that the balance is easily lost only with foods and the like, and various nutritional supplements and health foods are provided in order to achieve nutritional balance. On the other hand, it is said that chondroitin sulfate has an effect of reducing symptoms such as rheumatism and arthritis, and an effect of preventing arteriosclerosis, and it is said that shark cartilage also has the same effect. The effects of using these as food have not yet been clarified.

[0003]

The present inventor has conducted various studies on the use of chondroitin sulfate, collagen, shark cartilage and the like as foods, and as a result, protected against digestive juices rather than simply ingested as it is. It was found that ingestion in the given form exhibits more effective physiological activity, and the present invention has been completed. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a capsule-containing food that is effective in preventing various inflammations and tissue aging phenomena by utilizing shark cartilage and polysaccharide substances extracted from shark cartilage.

[0004]

The above object of the present invention is to:
It can be achieved by a encapsulated food characterized in that ground shark cartilage or at least one kind of polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage is encapsulated in a gelatin capsule having a continuous enteric-soluble film on the surface. .

The polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage which is a component of the food of the present invention is, for example, shredded shark cartilage, treated with a proteolytic enzyme in a solvent such as water, extracted, adsorbed or filtered. It is possible to use a product which has been purified by the method described above and added with a drying aid such as dextrin to be powdered by a method such as spray drying. The polysaccharide substance extracted from the shark cartilage does not have to be as highly purified as that used in the conventional medicinal use, and it is preferable to use dried powder substances.

[0006] Further, for at least 60% by weight or more of at least one kind of polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage or shark cartilage, 40% by weight or less of other physiologically active compounding agent or physiologically harmless binder Can be blended within the range.

The encapsulated food of the present invention is prepared by crushing shark cartilage as described above or at least one of polysaccharide substances extracted from shark cartilage in a hard gelatin capsule, and then enterically dissolving the capsule on the surface. It is produced by providing a continuous film of, but such a film is a solution prepared by dissolving a polymer material that is enteric-soluble but is not easily dissolved in digestive juices in a strongly acidic environment such as the stomach in an organic solvent. It is formed by a method such as coating on the surface of the capsule.

As such an enterically soluble polymer material, a solvent-soluble material such as glycoprotein or an aliphatic alcohol derivative of cellulose or hemicellulose is preferably used. Further, when such a film is not a continuous film, the gelatin capsule is likely to be dissolved by gastric juice, which is considered to cause partial inactivation of food ingredients, and there is a tendency that sufficient efficacy is not exhibited.

[0009]

The capsule-containing food of the present invention contains the shark cartilage contained therein or the polysaccharide substance extracted from the shark cartilage, because the content of the capsule-containing food reaches the intestine without dissolution of the capsule due to gastric juice when ingested orally. Bifidobacteria and the like reach the intestine without being inactivated or destroyed by contact with gastric juice, and here, for the first time, they interact with each other to effectively exhibit physiological activity.

[0010]

【Example】

(Example 1) 0.2 polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage
Each g was encapsulated in a hard gelatin capsule. Next, this capsule was placed in a rotating bowl and stirred while rotating, and a liquid in which TWEIN DP (trade name, manufactured by Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd.) as an enteric polymer was dissolved in 83% ethanol was sprayed to form a capsule. A capsule-containing food of the present invention having an enteric-soluble continuous film on its surface was obtained.

Next, 20 volunteers having arthritis symptoms were divided into 2 groups, and one of them was filled with the food containing the capsule of the present invention and the other was encapsulated in a capsule having no enteric film. The effect of reducing symptoms was compared by the method in which 5 capsules of each of the above foods were taken twice a day. As a result, for the food of the present invention, the effect was remarkable in 2 people, the effect was 6 in 2 people, and the effect was not in 2 people. There were 4 people with no effect.

(Example 2) 0.2 g each of a 2: 1 mixture of a crushed shark cartilage and a polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage was encapsulated in a hard gelatin capsule, and the same method as in Example 1 was used. After the treatment, a capsule-containing food of the present invention having an enteric-soluble continuous film on the surface of the capsule was obtained.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The encapsulated food of the present invention comprises crushed shark cartilage or at least one polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage enclosed in a gelatin capsule having an enteric-soluble continuous film on its surface. Therefore, after the drug is taken, it reaches the intestine without being inactivated or destroyed by the gastric juice, and the polysaccharide substance and the bifidobacteria interact with each other to effectively exhibit the physiological activity. Therefore, it has the effect of enhancing the physiologically active action on human tissues.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A capsuled food characterized in that a shark cartilage crushed product or at least one kind of a polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage is enclosed in a gelatin capsule having an enteric-soluble continuous film on its surface. 2. A crushed shark cartilage or at least one polysaccharide substance extracted from shark cartilage is enclosed in a hard gelatin capsule, and an enteric-soluble continuous film is provided on the surface of the capsule. The method for producing a food containing capsules according to claim 1.