ANTITUMOR FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANTITUMOR AGENT

摘要

To provide an antitumor food composition and antitumor agent obtained by focusing on a tea component that has not been known to have antitumor property.SOLUTION: At least one of green leaf alcohol ((Z)-3-hexan-1-ol) and green leaf aldehyde (trans-2-hexenal, cis-3-hexenal) is used as an active ingredient. For example, an aromatic distilled water made from leaves, stems, etc. of Camellia plants such as tea or the like is used as a raw material for the food composition or the antitumor agent.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1