NEW COMPOUND DERIVED FROM GERMINATED BROWN RICE, AND AGENT CONTAINING SAID COMPOUND AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION OR AMELIORATION OF NEUROPATHY

摘要

The purpose of the present invention is to find a new function for a component contained in germinated brown rice, and to provide an effective agent for preventing or ameliorating neuropathy or diabetic neuropathy, or a functional food product, that is highly safe, can be taken continually, can be produced in large quantities, and can be easily added to food products and the like. Provided is an agent for preventing or ameliorating neuropathy or diabetic neuropathy, or a functional food product, that contains as an active ingredient a steryl glucoside (acylated steryl-ß-glucoside (ASG)) derived from germinated brown rice.