Arteriosclerosis preventive agent, vascular intima thickening inhibitor and vascular endothelial function improving agent

摘要

Improves vascular endothelium function with excellent safety, which can improve the functions related to vascular endothelium, prevent various diseases related to vascular endothelium function, and suppress the intimal thickening, and can be expected to prevent arteriosclerosis etc. And an agent having at least one action of suppressing intimal thickening, and an arteriosclerosis preventive agent. The agent of the present invention comprises (a) Xaa Pro Pro or (b) a hydrolyzate of animal milk casein or a concentrate thereof containing Xaa Pro Pro, and (c) a strain belonging to Lactobacillus helveticus sp. The fermented material containing Ile Pro Pro and / or Val Pro Pro obtained by fermenting the raw material containing is contained as an active ingredient.