BIFIDOBACTERIA WITH SEROTONIN EXCRETION ENHANCING CAPACITY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bacterial strain of bifidobacteria having serotonin excretion enhancing capacity and food or beverage containing a processed product of the bifidobacteria.SOLUTION: The inventors of the present invention focussed on the fact that for the biosynthesis of BDNF, serotonin is indispensable and as a result of screening a plurality of bifidobacteria, bifidobacteria derived from infant intestines, specifically bifidobacterium longum N61 strain (NITE AP-02214) was found.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1