INFECTION INHIBITOR AND FOOD OR DRINK CONTAINING THE SAME

• Main Authors: TAKADA RYOJI, OKUBO TOSHIYUKI, SUZUKI TAKETO, YAMAMOTO REIKO, YANAI TAKAAKI, MORITA HIDETOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.08.2006
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new food raw material having an infection-inhibiting action, and to provide a food or drink using the food raw material. SOLUTION: This infection inhibitor contains an ingredient contained in the fruits of cassis (black currant) which is a plant belonging to genus Ribes, family Saxifragaceae, as an active ingredient. A food or drink containing an ingredient contained in the fruits of cassis (black currant), having an infection-inhibiting action, and displayed to have the infection-inhibiting action. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI