FOOD ADDITIVE CONTAINING EXTRACT OF HARDY KIWIFRUIT

• Main Authors: JEON HYANG, SHIN SUNG-SEUP, OH JIN-HWAN, KIM BONGCHEOL, PARK EUN-JIN, JUNG HYUNG-JIN, KIM SUNYOUNG, LEE HWA-JUN, JIN MIRIM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.03.2013
• Subjects: FODDER; 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; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; 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 food having antiallergic action and anti-inflammatory effect.SOLUTION: A food additive and a food contain an extract of hardy kiwifruit for prevention or alleviation of allergic disease and non-allergic inflammatory disease by reducing inflammation action, by inhibiting histamine release from mast cell, and by increasing the level of Th1 cytokines, IgG2a in serum, and reducing the level of Th2 cytokines and IgE in serum. A method for producing the extract from hardy kiwifruit is also provided.