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• the present disclosure relates to a composition for improving QOL for females aged 40 years or older who do not have menopausal disorders after menopause.
• Equol is known to have an effect of improving menopausal symptoms (for example, stiff shoulders, hot flashes (hot flashes)) and osteoporosis (Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2). Equol is also known to have the effect of improving female-specific physical and psychological discomfort (premenstrual syndrome (PMS) improvement, pain, negative emotions, concentration, behavioral changes). (Patent Document 1). On the other hand, it is not known that the quality of life (QOL) is improved when equol is ingested by anyone other than those who have the menopausal symptoms and the physical and mental discomfort peculiar to the female.
• PMS menstrual syndrome
• QOL quality of life
• the subject of this disclosure is at least the provision of technology for improving QOL for postmenopausal women aged 40 and over who do not have menopause.
• the improvement of the physical symptoms is the improvement of eyestrain, the pain of the body, the ischemia of the heart, the improvement of fatigue, the improvement of dry mouth, the improvement of skin condition, the improvement of bronchitis, Improvement of gray hair, improvement of autonomic balance, improvement of hearing loss, improvement of swelling, improvement of pollakiuria, improvement of insomnia, maintenance of weight, stomach regulation, improvement of immunity, intestinal regulation, or hair growth, [2] ]
• composition according to [2] wherein the improvement of the mental symptom is improvement of anger, improvement of vitality, improvement of depression, improvement of friendship, improvement of confusion, or improvement of anxiety.
• the QOL is evaluated by an anti-aging QOL common questionnaire.
• the present disclosure can have the effect of providing, at least, a technique for improving QOL for females aged 40 years or older who do not have menopause after menopause.
• One embodiment of the present disclosure is a QOL improving composition containing equols for a postmenopausal woman aged 40 years or older who does not have menopause.
• Equols are represented by the following general formula (1).
• R 1 to R 7 represent hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms, respectively.
• Specific examples of the equols include all the compounds contained in the compound represented by the above general formula (1), and specifically, they may be referred to as equol (4', 7-isoflavane diol). ), 5-Hydroxyequol and the like.
• composition for improving QOL may contain equols alone, or other components as long as it can improve the QOL of a female aged 40 years or older who does not have menopausal disorders after menopause. May include. For example, components such as indigestible dextrin, Ca stearate, and silicon dioxide can be mentioned.
• the target for ingesting the QOL improving composition according to this embodiment is a female aged 40 years or older who does not have menopausal disorders after menopause. Moreover, it is preferable that the subject is a person who cannot produce equols. According to the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, menopause is a condition in which the activity of the ovaries gradually disappears and menstruation finally stops permanently, and the condition without menstruation continues for 12 months or more. At that time, looking back a year ago, it is said to be menopause. Postmenopausal means menopause and beyond. Menopause can be confirmed by conventional methods.
• menopause is a syndrome similar to autonomic imbalance caused by a decrease in sex hormone secretion. Whether or not the subject has menopause can be confirmed by a conventional method. For example, a simplified menopausal index (SMI) checklist is given, and if the score is 71 or higher, it can be confirmed that the subject has menopause.
• SI menopausal index
• the age of the subject is preferably 40 years or older, more preferably 45 years or older, still more preferably 50 years or older, while preferably 80 years or younger, more preferably 75 years or younger, and further. It is preferably 65 years or younger.
• QOL is an abbreviation for "quality of life", and according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it means extension of healthy life expectancy and quality of life.
• the improvement of QOL in the present embodiment means that the QOL is improved when the subject ingests the equols of the present embodiment than when the subject does not ingest the equols (or when the placebo is ingested).
• the composition for improving QOL according to the present embodiment may be ingested prophylactically in order to suppress a decrease in QOL, or may be ingested in order to maintain QOL.
• the evaluation of the QOL improvement in the present embodiment may be an objective judgment by a doctor or the like, but it is preferably evaluated by an objective scale by an examination or a questionnaire developed by an expert.
• the QOL improvement in this embodiment is preferably an improvement of physical symptoms or an improvement of mental symptoms.
• the improvement of the physical symptoms is preferably improvement of eye strain, improvement of body pain (excluding eye pain, headache, stomach pain), improvement of cardiac ischemia, fatigue (however, eye strain). , Improves eyestrain, Improves dry mouth, Improves skin tone, Improves bronchitis, Improves gray hair, Improves autonomic balance, Improves hearing loss, swelling, Frequent urination Improvement, improvement of sleeplessness, maintenance of weight, stomach regulation, improvement of immunity, intestinal regulation, or hair growth.
• the improvement of eyestrain in the present embodiment is preferably improvement of eye fatigue, improvement of blurred vision, or improvement of eye pain.
• Improvement of body pain (excluding eye pain, headache, and stomach pain) in the present embodiment preferably improves muscle pain, body stiffness (eg, general stiffness, shoulder stiffness, back stiffness). , And the stiffness of the lower back), the lower back pain, or the joint pain.
• the improvement of cardiac ischemia in this embodiment is preferably the improvement of palpitation or the improvement of shortness of breath.
• the improvement of fatigue (excluding eye strain and eye fatigue) in the present embodiment is preferably improvement of physical fatigue or lack of health.
• the improvement of the skin condition in the present embodiment is preferably the improvement of the skin condition.
• Bronchitis in the present embodiment is an improvement in the tendency to cough, an improvement in the tendency to produce sputum, and / or an improvement in the difficulty in cutting sputum.
• the improvement of the balance of the autonomic nerves in this embodiment is preferably improvement of headache, improvement of dizziness, improvement of easy sweating, improvement of hot flashes, or improvement of poor circulation.
• the improvement of deafness in this embodiment is preferably improvement of tinnitus or improvement of difficulty in hearing conversation.
• the gastric regulation in the present embodiment is preferably improvement of anorexia, improvement of stomach tension, or improvement of stomach pain.
• the improvement of immunity in this embodiment is preferably an improvement in the tendency to catch a cold.
• the intestinal regulation in this embodiment is preferably improvement of diarrhea or improvement of constipation.
• Hair growth in this embodiment is preferably improvement of hair loss (hair loss).
• the improvement of the mental symptoms is preferably improvement of anger, improvement of vitality, improvement of depression, improvement of friendship, improvement of confusion, or improvement of anxiety.
• the improvement of anger in this embodiment is preferably an improvement of irritability or an improvement of anger-likeness.
• the improvement of vitality in this embodiment preferably improves the feeling of lack of motivation, the improvement of feeling unhappy, the improvement of feeling worthless, the improvement of feeling that daily life is not enjoyable, and the self-confidence. It is an improvement in feeling lost, or an improvement in feeling that you are not a useful person.
• the improvement in depression in this embodiment is preferably an improvement in depression.
• the improvement in friendship in this embodiment is preferably an improvement in the dislike of talking to a person.
• the improvement of confusion in this embodiment is preferably an improvement of squirming, an improvement of forgetfulness, an improvement of inability to concentrate, an improvement of inability to solve a problem, or an improvement of inability to judge things easily.
• the improvement of anxiety in this embodiment is an improvement of tension, an improvement of anxiety for no reason, or an improvement of feeling some fear.
• the evaluation of QOL improvement in this embodiment is evaluated by an objective scale by a test or a questionnaire developed by an expert
• an example is the anti-aging QOL common questionnaire (Japanese anti-aging medicine). Evaluation by the association).
• the evaluation is performed by the anti-aging QOL common questionnaire, it is possible to evaluate that the QOL is improved by reducing the numerical value of each factor obtained by the evaluation.
• POMS2 includes "POMS2 adult full-item version” and “POMS2 adult shortened version”. Evaluation by POMS2 can be performed according to the manual of POMS2.
• the mental symptom anger, liveliness, depression, friendship, confusion, and anxiety are the "comprehensive mood state” and "anger-hostility” in POMS2, respectively.
• the content of the equols with respect to the total amount of the composition according to the present embodiment is not particularly limited as long as the actions and effects of the equols are exhibited, but the total amount of the equols is preferably 0.001% by mass or more. It is more preferably 0.01% by mass or more, further preferably 0.1% by mass or more, while preferably 20% by mass or less, more preferably 10% by mass or less, still more preferably 5. It is less than mass%.
• the amount of the composition according to the present embodiment is appropriately set according to the age, weight, intake route, intake schedule, form, etc. of the subject, and by ingesting it, the action / effect of the equols in the subject. Is not particularly limited as long as is played.
• the total amount of equols is preferably 1 mg or more, more preferably 2 mg or more, still more preferably 5 mg or more, and on the other hand, preferably 40 mg or less, more preferably 20 mg or less, per day. More preferably, it is 10 mg or less.
• the intake schedule of the composition may be once a day or may be divided into a plurality of times a day. In addition, it may be taken once every few days or weeks, but it is preferable to take it every day.
• the ingestion period is preferably 4 weeks or longer, more preferably 8 weeks or longer, while the upper limit is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, until the age of 100 years old, and may be until death. ..
• composition according to this embodiment can be used as a food or drink (including supplements).
• a food and drink for improving QOL for women aged 40 years or older who do not have menopausal disorders after menopause and contain equols.
• equol When equol is used as a material for foods and drinks, in addition to general foods and drinks, foods for specified health use, dietary supplements, functional foods, foods for the sick, food additives, etc. (these also include beverages). Can be used as.
• the form of the food or drink may be a form other than the plant itself containing equols or the animal itself.
• a form suitable for edible use for example, granules, may be used by conventional means. It may be shaped into granules, tablets, capsules, pastes, etc. and used for food, and various foods such as processed meat foods such as ham and sausage, processed marine foods such as kamaboko and chikuwa, bread and confectionery, etc. It may be added to butter, milk powder, fermented dairy products, or added to beverages such as water, fruit juice, milk, and soft drinks.
• the above foods and drinks can be mainly composed of water, proteins, sugars, lipids, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, organic bases, fruit juices, flavors and the like.
• the protein include animal and vegetable proteins such as full fat powder, skim milk powder, partially skim milk powder, casein, soybean protein, chicken egg protein, meat protein, and hydrolyzates and butters thereof.
• sugars include sugars, modified starches (dextrin, soluble starch, British starch, oxidized starch, starch ester, starch ether, etc.), dietary fiber and the like.
• Examples of the lipid include lard, safflower oil, corn oil, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, fractionated oils thereof, hydrogenated oil, and vegetable fats and oils such as ester exchange oil.
• vitamins include vitamin A, carotene, vitamin B group, vitamin C, vitamin D group, vitamin E, vitamin K group, vitamin P, vitamin Q, niacin, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, biotin, inositol, and choline.
• Folic acid and the like, and examples of minerals include calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium and milky minerals.
• Examples of the organic acid include malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid and the like. These components may be used in combination of two or more, and synthetic products and / or foods and drinks containing a large amount thereof may be used.
• the above food and drink can be manufactured according to a conventional method.
• the blending amount, blending method, and blending time of equols in foods and drinks can be appropriately selected. Further, if necessary, it can be enclosed in an appropriate container such as a bottle, a bag, a can, a box, or a pack.
• the content of equols with respect to the total amount of the foods and drinks Regarding the content of equols with respect to the total amount of the foods and drinks, the intake amount of the foods and drinks, and the intake schedule of the foods and drinks, the content of equols with respect to the total amount of the composition according to the present embodiment and the composition according to the present embodiment.
• the description of the intake amount of the substance and the intake schedule of the composition according to this embodiment is incorporated.
• equols When equols are used as a material for foods and drinks and are used for each of the above-mentioned uses, they may be foods and drinks describing each use, and may be foods and drinks describing the uses recalled from each use.
• intestinal regulation can be described as “adjusting the condition of the stomach” or “improving communication”.
• improved eye strain can be described as “alleviating the feeling of eye fatigue” or “supporting eye focus adjustment”.
• “improvement of insomnia” can be described as “supporting good quality sleep” and the like.
• improved of fatigue can be described as “reducing mental and physical fatigue” and the like.
• improvement of vitality means “to make a temporarily depressed mood positive”, “to make a temporarily depressed mood a positive mood”, and “to make a temporarily depressed mood lively”. It can be described as “to make you feel” or “to motivate you to feel temporarily depressed”.
• the equols contained in the QOL improving composition according to the present embodiment may be a composition containing equols, and may be, for example, a fermented soybean germ extract containing equols. Therefore, the QOL improving composition according to the present embodiment is a QOL improving composition for a female aged 40 years or older who does not have menopausal disorders after menopause and contains a composition containing equols. good. In addition, the QOL improving composition according to this embodiment is for a female aged 40 years or older who does not have menopausal disorders after menopause and contains a fermented soybean germ extract containing equols. , QOL improving composition may be used.
• the QOL improving composition according to the present embodiment contains equols obtained by fermentation of soybean germ extract, and is used for QOL improving for females aged 40 years or older who do not have menopausal disorders after menopause. It may be a composition for use.
• the soybean germ extract is not particularly limited as long as it contains equols when it becomes a fermented product by fermentation, and examples thereof include soybean germ extracts containing isoflavones. Soybean germ extracts containing such isoflavones can be extracted from soybeans and soybean germs (hypocotyls). Water, ethanol, or hydrous ethanol can be used for the extraction. Further, for example, it can be obtained as described in the document "Development of plant polyphenol-containing material-its functionality and safety-" (published in 2007, published by CMC Publishing Co., Ltd.).
• Isoflavones are one of the classifications of polyphenols, and are flavonoids having isoflavones as the basic skeleton. Isoflavones are abundant in legumes such as soybeans, kudzu, red clover, and licorice. Therefore, the soybean germ extract containing the isoflavones may be an extract of legumes such as kudzu, red clover, and citrus, and may contain isoflavones.
• the soybean germ extract may be one obtained by extracting or purifying its components as long as it contains equols when it becomes a fermented product by fermentation. That is, the soybean germ extract may be isoflavones or a composition containing isoflavones, and may be, for example, a composition containing isoflavones as described in Examples.
• the isoflavones are not particularly limited as long as they become equols by fermentation, and examples thereof include daidzein, genistein, and glycitein.
• the isoflavones include isoflavone aglycones, glycosides thereof, and any derivatives thereof such as malonylation and acetylation.
• the isoflavone aglycone include daidzein, 6-hydroxydaidzein, dihydroxydaidzein, genistein, glycitein, biochanin A, formonetin, and coumestrol.
• the isoflavone aglycone may be isoflavones converted by an enzyme such as ⁇ -glucosidase or a microorganism having ⁇ -glucosidase.
• the glycoside include genistin, glycitin, daidzin, puerarin and the like.
• the isoflavones do not necessarily have to be purified pure products.
• the type, form, degree of purification, and the like of the isoflavones can be arbitrarily selected according to the purpose and use of the equols obtained by fermentation.
• the amount and concentration of the soybean germ extract used for fermentation are not particularly limited as long as they contain equols when the fermented product is fermented. Further, in a preferred embodiment, the amount and concentration of isoflavones used for fermentation when the soybean germ extract contains isoflavones are not particularly limited. Further, the amount and concentration of isoflavones used for fermentation when the isoflavones alone are used in a preferred embodiment are not particularly limited. It can be appropriately set according to the amount of the culture solution and the amount of equols to be produced.
• anaerobic microorganisms are cultivated in a medium containing soybean germ extract.
• the anaerobic microorganism is not particularly limited as long as it is an anaerobic microorganism capable of producing equols at a temperature of around 37 ° C. (for example, 30 to 42 ° C.), but for example, a microorganism belonging to the genus Adlercreutzia and a microorganism belonging to the genus Asaccharobacter.
• Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Eggerthella, Enterococcus, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Sharpea, Slackia examples include microorganisms belonging to the genus and microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptococcus. Of these, microorganisms belonging to the genus Adlercreutzia, which belong to the genus Asaccharobacter, are preferable.
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Adlercreutzia include microorganisms belonging to the genus Adlercreutzia equiolifaciens and microorganisms belonging to the genus Adlercreutzia mucosicola.
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Asaccharobacter include microorganisms belonging to the genus Asaccharobacter.
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Bacteroides ovatus include microorganisms belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium animalis, microorganisms belonging to Bifidobacterium breve, microorganisms belonging to Bifidobacterium longum, and microorganisms belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium pseudolongum.
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Lactobacillus include microorganisms belonging to the genus Lactobacillus fermentum, microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus intestinalis, microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus plantarum, and microorganisms belonging to the genus Lactobacillus rhamnosus.
• microorganisms include microorganisms belonging to Lactococcus garvieae
• examples of microorganisms belonging to the genus Sharpea include microorganisms belonging to the genus Sharpea azabuensis
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Slackia include microorganisms belonging to the genus Slackia equiolifaciens and microorganisms belonging to the genus Slackia isoflavoniconvertens.
• microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptococcus include microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptococcus constellatus and microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptococcus intermedius.
• microorganisms belonging to Adlercreutzia equiolifaciens include Adlercreutzia equiolifaciens FJC-B9T strains
• examples of microorganisms belonging to Adlercreutzia mucosicola include Adlercreutzia mucosicola Mt1B8 strains.
• Asaccharobacter celatus DSM 18785 strain is mentioned
• Bacteroides ovatus E-23-15 strain is mentioned as a microorganism belonging to Bacteroides ovatus
• Bifidobacterium breve ATCC 15700 strain is mentioned as a microorganism belonging to Bifidobacterium breve, and it belongs to Bifidobacterium longum.
• microorganisms examples include Bifidobacterium longum BB536 strains, examples of microorganisms belonging to the genus Eggerthella include Eggerthella sp. YY7918 strains and Eggerthella sp. D1 strains, and examples of microorganisms belonging to Enterococcus faecalis include Enterococcus faecalis IINA P333 strains. Examples of microorganisms belonging to the genus Eubacterium include Eubacterium sp.
• examples of microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus fermentum include Lactobacillus fermentum DPPMA114 strains
• examples of microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus intestinalis include Lactobacillus intestinalis KTCT13676BP.
• Examples of microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus plantarum include Lactobacillus plantarum DPPMA24W strain, Lactobacillus plantarum DPPMASL33 strain
• examples of microorganisms belonging to Lactobacillus rhamnosus include Lactobacillus rhamnosus INIA P540 strain.
• Lactobacillus rhamnosus DPPMAAZ1 strain is mentioned
• Lactococcus garvieae 20-92 strain is mentioned as a microorganism belonging to Lactococcus garvieae
• Sharpea azabuensis ST18 strain is mentioned as a microorganism belonging to Sharpea azabuensis
• Slackia equiolifaciens is a microorganism belonging to Slackia equiolifaciens.
• Slackia equiolifaciens DZE strain examples of microorganisms belonging to Slackia isoflavoniconvertens include Slackia isoflavoniconvertens HE8 strains, and examples of microorganisms belonging to the genus Slackia include Slackia sp. TM-30 strain, Slackia sp. FJK1 strain, Slackia sp. .NATTS strain, Slackia sp.
• the anaerobic microorganism is cultivated by containing a soybean germ extract in a medium under conditions suitable for the production of equols.
• the conditions suitable for the production of the equols refer to the conditions under which the survival and activity of the anaerobic microorganism having the activity of producing equols is maintained. More specifically, it means that the gas phase condition (anaerobic condition) in which the anaerobic microorganism can survive is maintained, and nutrients for supporting the activity and proliferation of the anaerobic microorganism are provided.
• Various medium compositions suitable for the survival of the anaerobic microorganisms are known. Therefore, those skilled in the art can select an appropriate medium composition when using the anaerobic microorganism. For example, a BHI medium manufactured by Difco, a GAM bouillon medium manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. used in the examples, or the like can be used.
• a water-soluble organic substance can be added to the medium as a carbon source.
• water-soluble organic substances include saccharides such as sorbose, fructose and glucose; alcohols such as methanol; organic acids such as valeric acid, butyric acid, propionic acid, acetic acid and formic acid.
• concentration of the organic substance added to the medium as a carbon source can be appropriately adjusted in order to efficiently grow the anaerobic microorganism in the medium. In general, excess or deficiency can be avoided by selecting the addition amount from the range of 0.1 to 10 wt / vol%.
• a nitrogen source is added to the medium.
• various nitrogen compounds that can be used for ordinary fermentation can be used.
• Preferred inorganic nitrogen sources are ammonium salts and nitrates. More preferred sources of inorganic nitrogen are ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium hydrogen phosphate, potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate.
• preferred organic nitrogen sources are amino acids, yeast extracts, peptones (eg, polypeptone N, etc.), meat extracts, liver extracts, digested serum powder and the like. More preferred sources of organic nitrogen are arginine, cysteine, citrulline, lysine, yeast extract, peptones (eg, polypeptone N, etc.).
• organic substances or inorganic substances suitable for culturing the anaerobic microorganism can be added to the medium.
• a cofactor such as a vitamin or an inorganic compound such as various salts
• the growth and activity of the anaerobic microorganism may be enhanced.
• the following can be mentioned as microbial growth cofactors derived from inorganic compounds, vitamins, animals and plants.
• Inorganic Compounds Vitamins Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Biotin Biotin Magnesium Sulfate Folic Acid Manganese Sulfate Pyridoxin Sodium Chloride Thiamine Cobalt Chloride Riboflavin Calcium Chloride Niacin Acid Zinc Sulfate Pantothenic Acid Copper Sulfate Vitamin B12 Akira thiooctic acid sodium molybdic acid p-aminobenzoic acid potassium chloride boric acid, etc. Nickel chloride nickel tungstate sodium tungstate sodium ferrous sulfate ammonium ferrous
• the medium can be liquid, semi-solid, or solid.
• a preferred medium form is a liquid medium.
• the anaerobic microorganism can be cultured according to a known method for culturing an anaerobic microorganism.
• a continuous fermentation system that can continuously supply a medium or a substrate gas and has a mechanism for recovering a culture is suitable.
• the normally used culture tank can be used as it is.
• a culture tank that can also be used for culturing the anaerobic microorganism is commercially available.
• An anaerobic atmosphere can be created by substituting the oxygen mixed in the culture tank with an inert gas such as nitrogen or a substrate gas.
• a culture tank with additional functions can be used as the culture tank.
• a bubble tower type culture tank, a draft tube type culture tank, and the like can be used.
• the anaerobic microorganism is free-dispersed by the mixed gas blown into the liquid medium, and the anaerobic microorganism and the medium can be sufficiently brought into contact with each other.
• the anaerobic microorganisms are applied to a highly breathable slag such as a biotrickling filter, other ceramic-based inorganic packed materials, or a packed layer of an organic synthetic substance such as polypropylene while dripping water. It can also be inhabited and cultivated while aerating gas there.
• the anaerobic microorganism to be used can also be immobilized on carrageenan gel, alginate gel, acrylamide gel, chitin, cellulose, agar and the like by a conventional method.
• a stirrer or the like can be used to sufficiently stir the medium.
• the chances of contacting the medium components and the substrate gas with the anaerobic microorganisms can be increased, and the efficiency of producing equols can be optimized. It is also possible to supply the substrate gas as nanobubbles.
• the pH of the culture is preferably 5.0 to 8.0, more preferably 6.0 to 7.5, still more preferably 6.5 to 7.5.
• the temperature of the culture tank is not particularly limited, but is preferably 30 ° C to 40 ° C, more preferably 33 ° C to 38 ° C because the amount of equol recovered can be increased.
• the fermentation time can be appropriately set according to the amount of equol produced, the amount of residual soybean germ extract, and the like. For example, 8 to 120 hours, preferably 12 to 72 hours, particularly preferably 16 to 60 hours.
• the hydrogen concentration is not particularly limited.
• the obtained culture solution may be solid-liquid separated by filtration, centrifugation, or the like, and the liquid phase may be recovered.
• the filtration include filtration using a filter paper or an ultrafiltration membrane
• examples of the centrifugation include centrifugation using a centrifuge such as a spardecanter.
• the obtained culture solution may be used as it is without solid-liquid separation.
• the fermented product of the soybean germ extract can be used by solidifying the obtained culture solution by heat-drying treatment, spray-drying treatment, or freeze-drying treatment, if necessary. Both the heat drying treatment and the spray drying treatment can be performed using, for example, a spray drying device.
• the freeze-drying process can be performed using a freeze-drying device.
• the fermented product which has been heat-dried, spray-dried, or freeze-dried may be subjected to a pulverization treatment, if necessary.
• the heat-dried, spray-dried, or freeze-dried fermented product obtained by such a method can contain 0.05 to 50% by mass of equols in the dry powder.
• 0.05 to 50% by mass of equols in the dry powder For example, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%.
• the mass% concentration indicated by the concentration range in which the mass% concentration at two points selected from 50% is the lower limit (-or higher or higher) and the upper limit (-or lower or lower). Is preferable.
• the fermented product of the soybean germ extract was prepared as follows. First, a seed culture solution of an anaerobic microorganism used for fermentation was prepared. That is, 5.9 g of GAM bouillon medium (manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) and 1.2 g of L-arginine hydrochloride were dissolved in 100 mL of pure water, and 10 mL each was passed through nitrogen gas in 18 mm test tubes for anaerobic bacteria culture (manufactured by Sanshin Kogyo). ), Covered with a butyl rubber stopper and a plastic cap, and sterilized at 115 ° C for 15 minutes.
• GAM bouillon medium manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
• L-arginine hydrochloride L-arginine hydrochloride
• the anaerobic microorganism Asaccharobacter celatus DSM 18785 strain which had been cryopreserved at -80 ° C, was inoculated into this medium, and the gas phase was replaced with hydrogen gas through a sterile filter for 2 minutes or longer. After that (partial pressure partial pressure percent concentration of hydrogen 100%), shaking culture was carried out at 37 ° C. and 250 spm for 18 hours to prepare a seed culture medium.
• isoflavone-80 (manufactured by J-Oil Mills) 11 g, yeast extract 3 g, L-cysteine hydrochloride 0.5 g, hemin 0.002 g, ⁇ -cyclodextrin 16.5 g, L-arginine hydrochloride 12.1 g, olein.
• a medium containing 0.1 g of acid and 0.2 g of antifoaming agent and adjusted to 1000 mL with deionized water to a pH of 7.1, and add 1000 mL to a 2 L pressurized miniger (manufactured by Automatic System Research). After passing through nitrogen gas for 20 minutes or more, the mixture was sterilized at 115 ° C. for 15 minutes.
• the isoflavone-80 (manufactured by J-Oil Mills) contains soy isoflavone glycosides (daidzin, glycitein, and genistin) obtained by domestic extraction and purification from North American soybean germ as a raw material with high purity.
• the equol content was 6.5%.
• the components other than equol in the fermented product were protein 43 g, lipid 3 g, carbohydrate 50 g, sodium 50 mg, and ash content 2 g per 100 g.
• the calorific value of the fermented product was 400 kcal per 100 g.
• Example 1 A test diet for 30 healthy women aged 40 to under 65 who are non-equol producers and do not have postmenopausal menopause (simplified menopause index is 70 points or less) for 12 weeks, 1 Twice a day, one tablet was ingested with water or lukewarm water.
• QOL was evaluated using the anti-aging QOL common questionnaire before and 8 weeks after ingestion. The evaluation was performed according to the manual of the anti-aging QOL common questionnaire. That is, answer in 5 stages of "1. None", “2. Almost none", “3. A little”, “4. Medium”, and "5. Advanced", and 1 point is 1 point. 5 was scored as 5 points.
• the test results were treated as non-parametric data, and the comparison between before and 8 weeks after ingestion was performed by Wilcoxon signed rank test and judged by two-sided test.

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